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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the hunger artist always feel he is being cheated from doing?
(a) Becoming a martyr.
(b) Eating.
(c) Beating his rival's record.
(d) Beating his own record.

2. At the best, the audience sets the artist down as what?
(a) A thief.
(b) Anorexic.
(c) A fraud.
(d) Modest.

3. How has the artist never yet left his cage at the end of a fast?
(a) Of his free will.
(b) Sadly.
(c) Joyfully.
(d) On his feet.

4. Who are the permanent watchers, usually?
(a) Butchers.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Candy salesmen.
(d) Priests.

5. What does the overseer do toward the attendants to indicate the state the artist is in?
(a) Taps his head.
(b) Winces in pain.
(c) Rubs his stomach.
(d) Jerks his arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where could the hunger artist barely show himself?

2. What cannot hold out against the fact that the crowds are on their way only to the menagerie?

3. Why does the hunger artist avoid reading the contract?

4. What does the artist do, causing general alarm, in his rages?

5. It is not easy for onlookers "to stand in the ____ of it" regarding the beast at the end of the story.

(see the answer key)

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