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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the permanent watchers are there at a given time?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

2. What is the artist's cage bedecked with at the end of his fast?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Torches.
(c) Food.
(d) Gifts.

3. Who could watch the hunger artist continuously, day and night?
(a) No one.
(b) The reporter.
(c) The impresario.
(d) The cameras.

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

5. What is the only item of furniture in the cage?
(a) A desk.
(b) A bed.
(c) A clock.
(d) A chair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who pays for the breakfast brought to the watchers?

3. Who appears, blissful at having been selected for the honor, to help the artist down?

4. What does the hunger artist make no secret of, yet others don't believe him?

5. According to the narrator, how did it used to pay very well to stage such performances?

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