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

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

3. At the best, the audience sets the artist down as what?
(a) A thief.
(b) Anorexic.
(c) A fraud.
(d) Modest.

4. What does the artist stubbornly refuse to do at the last moment of his fast?
(a) Cry.
(b) Eat.
(c) Stand up.
(d) Sing.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When would people buy season tickets for the artist's performance?

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

4. What is a necessary accompaniment to the profession of fasting?

5. On fine days, where is the cage set?

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