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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would the children do "for greater security" while watching the artist?
(a) Run away.
(b) Hide behind their mothers.
(c) Hide their eyes.
(d) Hold each others' hands.

2. Time and time again in good faith the artist stands by the bars doing what?
(a) Crying like a child.
(b) Listening to the impresario.
(c) Feeling in agony.
(d) Screaming madly.

3. What literary device is used in this sentence: "He was at once deafened by the storm of shouting."
(a) Irony.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Foreshadowing.

4. Who selects the permanent watchers?
(a) The manager.
(b) The artist.
(c) The public.
(d) The mayor.

5. What does the artist drink every now and again?
(a) Milk.
(b) Wine.
(c) Mead.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who could produce first-hand evidence that the fast has really been rigorous and continuous?

2. How is the artist's performance affected by his advancing age?

3. What is the cushioning on the hunger artist's stage?

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

5. What incomprehensible boast of the artist's does the impresario mention to the public?

(see the answer key)

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