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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the point of view of "A Hunger Artist"?
(a) Third person.
(b) First person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Fourth person.

3. What surrounds the artist's cage at the circus?
(a) Bright placards.
(b) Dolls.
(c) Trees.
(d) Flowers.

4. When would people buy season tickets for the artist's performance?
(a) The last few days of the fast.
(b) The last month of the fast.
(c) The first days of the fast.
(d) The entire fast.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the impresario feel about his method of punishments?

2. What literary device is used in this sentence: "He was at once deafened by the storm of shouting."

3. Who could watch the hunger artist continuously, day and night?

4. Why is the limit set on the artist's fasts?

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

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