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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the watchers are invited to take on a night's vigil without a breakfast, what do they do?
(a) Make themselves scarce.
(b) Get angry.
(c) Lie about the artist.
(d) Insist on money.

2. How does the artist feel about the bright light used by some watchers?
(a) It makes him miserable.
(b) It doesn't trouble him.
(c) It makes him defenseless.
(d) It makes him angry.

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

4. In what tense is "A Hunger Artist" written?
(a) Present.
(b) Future.
(c) Past.
(d) Future perfect.

5. What does the artist hold outside the bars from time to time?
(a) His head.
(b) A stick.
(c) His arm.
(d) His legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the hunger artist perform?

2. What does the hunger artist always feel he is being cheated from doing?

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

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

5. What is the only item of furniture in the cage?

(see the answer key)

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