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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 a passing father occasionally stop and point out to his children?
(a) Who the poor man is.
(b) Why he is in a cage.
(c) What happens if they don't eat.
(d) What the phenomenon means.

2. People might have stayed longer at the artist's cage at the circus but for what?
(a) The lack of a manager.
(b) The crowds on the gangway.
(c) The screaming of the children.
(d) The money necessary.

3. The artist might fast _____ at the circus, and does so.
(a) As long as he could.
(b) For a week.
(c) For forty days.
(d) For a month.

4. What is the rare stroke of luck the artist encounters at the circus?
(a) He is fed.
(b) An animal is freed.
(c) A poor soul drops him bread.
(d) A father stops with his children.

5. What literary device is used in this sentence: "He was at once deafened by the storm of shouting."
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the weight of the protagonist lands on one of the ladies, she finds "this post of honor was not at all _______."

2. What surrounds the artist's cage at the circus?

3. For what does the artist have to thank the people who passes his cage daily at the circus?

4. Contrary to people's regard, the hunger artist states that he could do what if given the opportunity at the circus?

5. Who could watch the hunger artist continuously, day and night?

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