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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, how did it used to pay very well to stage such performances?
(a) Under one's own management.
(b) In the circus.
(c) In the town square.
(d) In the theater.

2. "A large _____ with its enormous traffic in replacing and recruiting men, animals and apparatus can always find use for people at any time."
(a) Fair.
(b) Circus.
(c) Vaudeville show.
(d) Museum.

3. What surrounds the artist's cage at the circus?
(a) Bright placards.
(b) Dolls.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Trees.

4. Who could watch the hunger artist continuously, day and night?
(a) The cameras.
(b) No one.
(c) The impresario.
(d) The reporter.

5. How are the results of the fast announced?
(a) By radio.
(b) By megaphone.
(c) By microphone.
(d) By television.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the artist fasts on and on, what is it to him?

2. Who would burst into tears at the release of the artist?

3. When would people buy season tickets for the artist's performance?

4. What is the artist's cage bedecked with at the end of his fast?

5. People might have stayed longer at the artist's cage at the circus but for what?

(see the answer key)

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