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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Even the most _____ felt it refreshing to see this wild creature leaping around the cage that had so long been dreary."
(a) Loving.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Insensitive.

2. "Just try to explain to _____ the art of fasting!"
(a) Animals.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Children.
(d) Anyone.

3. What does the hunger artist alone know?
(a) How lonely he is.
(b) How easy it is to fast.
(c) How proud he's become.
(d) How difficult it is to fast.

4. What sticks out prominently on the artist?
(a) His ribs.
(b) His knuckles.
(c) His jaw.
(d) His cheekbones.

5. What always unnerves the artist and proves too much for him?
(a) The impresario's presence.
(b) The impresario's perversion of the truth.
(c) The undying hunger.
(d) The audience's whispering.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The pampered hunger artist suddenly found himself deserted one day by the _____________."

2. What does the occasional passerby come to make merry of?

3. What does the artist stubbornly refuse to do at the last moment of his fast?

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

5. Under what circumstances does the circus make use of the hunger artist?

(see the answer key)

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