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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where, in regard to the ring, is the artist stationed?
(a) In the middle.
(b) Front and center.
(c) Behind.
(d) Outside.

2. What is the hunger artist stationed next to at the circus?
(a) The freak show.
(b) The tightropes.
(c) The trampoline.
(d) The animal cages.

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

4. How does the impresario punish the artist's rages?
(a) Feed the artist.
(b) Beat the artist.
(c) Scream at the artist.
(d) Apologize publically.

5. Who would burst into tears at the release of the artist?
(a) The entire audience.
(b) The woman holding him up.
(c) The artist.
(d) The impresario.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom is the hunger artist often just a joke that happens to be in fashion?

2. Under what circumstances does the circus make use of the hunger artist?

3. The artist's inner what is always rankled?

4. "The pampered hunger artist suddenly found himself deserted one day by the _____________."

5. What surrounds the artist's cage at the circus?

(see the answer key)

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