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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which watchers are more to the taste of the hunger artist?
(a) Those who offer him food.
(b) Those who play cards.
(c) Those who sit close to the bars.
(d) Those who cry at his pain.

2. How is the artist found in his cage at the circus?
(a) The impresario finds him.
(b) The attendants poke the straw with a stick.
(c) He calls for help.
(d) The attendants call his name.

3. Who supposedly orders the toast?
(a) The impresario.
(b) The kaiser.
(c) The priest.
(d) The artist.

4. What grows dirty and illegible at the circus cage?
(a) The Impresario.
(b) The artist.
(c) The animal handlers.
(d) The fine placards.

5. What would the lax watchers do in a huddled corner?
(a) Play dice.
(b) Eat.
(c) Play cards.
(d) Drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in his zeal, does the hunger artist conveniently forget in talking to the circus professionals?

2. What idea remains firm in the artist's dimming eyes "though no longer proud persuasion"?

3. The artist thinks often that perhaps it would be better if what?

4. What does the artist do, causing general alarm, in his rages?

5. What does the animal in the cage at the end of the story seem to carry around with it?

(see the answer key)

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