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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 great rush is past, who comes along the cage at the circus?
(a) The stragglers.
(b) The handlers.
(c) The animals.
(d) The clowns.

2. What is one reason the hunger artist cannot adopt another profession?
(a) He is unskilled.
(b) He is too old.
(c) He is too poor.
(d) He can't read.

3. The narrator writes that "during these last _____ an interest in professional fasting has diminished."
(a) Months.
(b) Years.
(c) Centuries.
(d) Decades.

4. Who are the permanent watchers, usually?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Butchers.
(c) Priests.
(d) Candy salesmen.

5. To whom does the hunger artist hire himself out?
(a) A large circus.
(b) A museum.
(c) An art gallery.
(d) A local fair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the artist do, causing general alarm, in his rages?

2. To what is a toast drunk after the artist is released?

3. Where does the impresario hurry the artist to discover where interest might lay?

4. From what day of the fast are the photographs taken?

5. Who sets the limit on the artist's fasts?

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