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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 do when someone would suggest his melancholy is probably caused by his fasting?
(a) Weep endlessly.
(b) Call to the heavens.
(c) Break into an outburst of fury.
(d) Laugh at them.

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

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

4. How long is the limit of the artist's fast set to be?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Four months.
(d) Forty days.

5. Where could the hunger artist barely show himself?
(a) School shows.
(b) Village fairs.
(c) Taverns.
(d) The circus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the point of view of "A Hunger Artist"?

2. What does the impresario claim to praise of the artist to the public?

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

4. What is the artist's cage bedecked with at the end of his fast?

5. Who supposedly orders the toast?

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