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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For whom is the hunger artist often just a joke that happens to be in fashion?
(a) The children.
(b) The priests.
(c) The elders.
(d) The women.

3. What do most of the watchers think the artist is looking for?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Money.
(c) Martyrdom.
(d) Publicity.

4. What does the hunger artist always feel he is being cheated from doing?
(a) Becoming a martyr.
(b) Beating his own record.
(c) Beating his rival's record.
(d) Eating.

5. What is the point of view of "A Hunger Artist"?
(a) First person.
(b) Second person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Fourth person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the hunger artist do to prove he wasn't eating?

2. Those who are not content with the dim night lighting of the hall focused the artist in the full glare of what?

3. How many doctors enter the cage to measure the results of the fast?

4. At the best, the audience sets the artist down as what?

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

(see the answer key)

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