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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the hordes came pouring out to see the _____, they can hardly avoid passing the artist's cage.
(a) Clowns.
(b) Animals.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Parachutists.

2. What would the hunger artist do to prove he wasn't eating?
(a) Cough.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Cry.

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

4. Those who want to stare at the artist at the circus do so not out of interest, but out of what?
(a) Obstinate self-assertiveness.
(b) Seething self-righteousness.
(c) Stubborn desire.
(d) Leering loathing.

5. What is the cushioning on the hunger artist's stage?
(a) Mats.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Pillows.
(d) Straw.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which watchers are more to the taste of the hunger artist?

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

3. What would the children do "for greater security" while watching the artist?

4. Who can hardly understand the artist's temperament, according to the impresario?

5. Time and time again in good faith the artist stands by the bars doing what?

(see the answer key)

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