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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 artist stubbornly refuse to do at the last moment of his fast?
(a) Stand up.
(b) Cry.
(c) Eat.
(d) Sing.

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

3. "At first he could hardly wait for the _____; it was exhilarating to watch the crowds come streaming his way."
(a) Stampede.
(b) Intervals.
(c) Rush hour.
(d) Storm.

4. Which watchers are more to the taste of the hunger artist?
(a) Those who play cards.
(b) Those who cry at his pain.
(c) Those who offer him food.
(d) Those who sit close to the bars.

5. What does the impresario claim to praise of the artist to the public?
(a) His ambition.
(b) His dedication.
(c) His godliness.
(d) His ignorance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What faction fights against those who want to look at the artist at the circus?

3. How has the artist never yet left his cage at the end of a fast?

4. Who supposedly orders the toast?

5. The interest of the public is stimulated by a steadily increasing pressure of what?

(see the answer key)

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