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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the audiences do once the artist collapses into the straw with a groan?
(a) Applaud.
(b) Weep loudly.
(c) Run away.
(d) Press close to gaze at him.

2. "At first he could hardly wait for the _____; it was exhilarating to watch the crowds come streaming his way."
(a) Storm.
(b) Intervals.
(c) Stampede.
(d) Rush hour.

3. How long does the artist carry on in this way, with small intervals of recuperation?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Many years.

4. Of the two factions who fight around the artist's cage, which does he grow to dislike more?
(a) The ones who fight for the better view.
(b) The ones who want past.
(c) The ones who want to stop and stare.
(d) The ones who want to feed him.

5. What does the impresario bring out to show the audience?
(a) Photographs of the artist eating.
(b) Photographs of the healthy artist.
(c) Photographs of the nearly dead artist.
(d) Souvenir post cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the impresario hurry the artist to discover where interest might lay?

2. The animal in the cage at the end of the story is "furnished to the bursting point with" what?

3. What incomprehensible boast of the artist's does the impresario mention to the public?

4. How is the creature in the cage's body described at the end of the story?

5. What reminds one man of the hunger artist when he doesn't see the artist in the cage?

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