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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The passerby's joking is, in its way, the "stupidest lie ever invented by _____ and inborn malice."
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Indifference.

2. What does the overseer first ask the artist once he is found in the cage?
(a) "Are you still fasting?"
(b) "Where have you been?"
(c) "Are you an animal?"
(d) "Are you alive?"

3. When the hordes came pouring out to see the _____, they can hardly avoid passing the artist's cage.
(a) Clowns.
(b) Animals.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Parachutists.

4. What does the artist do when someone would suggest his melancholy is probably caused by his fasting?
(a) Weep endlessly.
(b) Call to the heavens.
(c) Break into an outburst of fury.
(d) Laugh at them.

5. According to the narrator, it is not only the artist that is taken on but what as well?
(a) His famous name.
(b) His impresario.
(c) His martyrdom.
(d) His strength.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the notice board by the cage keep a record of?

2. Why is the limit set on the artist's fasts?

3. Who appears, blissful at having been selected for the honor, to help the artist down?

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

5. What does a passing father occasionally stop and point out to his children?

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