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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 easy.
(c) That fasting is difficult.
(d) That he is starving.

2. When would people buy season tickets for the artist's performance?
(a) The last month of the fast.
(b) The last few days of the fast.
(c) The entire fast.
(d) The first days of the fast.

3. According to the narrator, how did it used to pay very well to stage such performances?
(a) In the town square.
(b) In the theater.
(c) In the circus.
(d) Under one's own management.

4. Why is the limit set on the artist's fasts?
(a) The audience loses interest after that time.
(b) The artist refuses to keep going.
(c) The artist would die.
(d) The artist would collapse.

5. How has the artist never yet left his cage at the end of a fast?
(a) On his feet.
(b) Of his free will.
(c) Joyfully.
(d) Sadly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long is the limit of the artist's fast set to be?

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

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

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

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