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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does the hunger artist perform?
(a) A glass cage.
(b) A stage.
(c) A wagon.
(d) A barred cage.

5. How long is the limit of the artist's fast set to be?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Forty days.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Four months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the artist hold outside the bars from time to time?

2. Why do many people regretfully have to keep away from his exhibitions?

3. What does the hunger artist wear?

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

5. What does the artist tell stories of with his watchers?

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