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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cushioning on the hunger artist's stage?
(a) Straw.
(b) Pillows.
(c) Mats.
(d) Feathers.

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

3. The interest of the public is stimulated by a steadily increasing pressure of what?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Advertisement.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Guilt.

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

5. What does the hunger artist make no secret of, yet others don't believe him?
(a) That fasting is easy.
(b) That he isn't hungry.
(c) That fasting is difficult.
(d) That he is starving.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which watchers are more to the taste of the hunger artist?

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

3. When the watchers are invited to take on a night's vigil without a breakfast, what do they do?

4. What do most of the watchers think the artist is looking for?

5. The permanent watchers are a formality to reassure whom?

(see the answer key)

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