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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do many people regretfully have to keep away from his exhibitions?
(a) The sight of him is too much.
(b) They are worried for his health.
(c) They want his fasts to last longer.
(d) They can't afford it.

3. The passing father might tell his children of "earlier years when he had watched similar but ___________ performances."
(a) Sadder.
(b) More barbaric.
(c) Much more thrilling.
(d) More excruciating.

4. "Those, whom nothing could have prevented from stopping to look at him ________, raced past with long strides."
(a) For their children's sake.
(b) If they so wanted.
(c) For the artist's sake.
(d) As long as they had breath.

5. "A large _____ with its enormous traffic in replacing and recruiting men, animals and apparatus can always find use for people at any time."
(a) Fair.
(b) Museum.
(c) Circus.
(d) Vaudeville show.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many doctors enter the cage to measure the results of the fast?

2. What would the hunger artist do to prove he wasn't eating?

3. What cannot hold out against the fact that the crowds are on their way only to the menagerie?

4. When does the lack of interest of the public seem to take hold?

5. By how many has the hunger artist been applauded in his time?

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