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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On fine days, where is the cage set?
(a) In the garden.
(b) Outside.
(c) By the butterfly cages.
(d) On a roof.

3. How are the results of the fast announced?
(a) By television.
(b) By radio.
(c) By megaphone.
(d) By microphone.

4. Who supposedly orders the toast?
(a) The priest.
(b) The artist.
(c) The kaiser.
(d) The impresario.

5. Everywhere, "as if by secret agreement, a positive ______ from professional fasting was in evidence."
(a) Interest.
(b) Revulsion.
(c) Propulsion.
(d) Distaste.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the impresario sell to the audience?

2. What is the hunger artist's happiest moment with the overnight watchers?

3. Where are the passersby going when passing the artist's cage at the circus?

4. What is one reason the hunger artist cannot adopt another profession?

5. What does the impresario secretly do to the hunger artist as he lifts him?

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