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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of band plays the last day of the fast?
(a) A string quartet.
(b) A local orchestra.
(c) A gypsy band.
(d) A military band.

2. To whom does the hunger artist hire himself out?
(a) A large circus.
(b) An art gallery.
(c) A museum.
(d) A local fair.

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

4. Under what circumstances does the circus make use of the hunger artist?
(a) He doesn't ask much.
(b) He behaves.
(c) He feeds the animals.
(d) He is not paid.

5. What is one reason the hunger artist cannot adopt another profession?
(a) He is too old.
(b) He is too poor.
(c) He can't read.
(d) He is unskilled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the hunger artist perform?

2. According to the narrator, how did it used to pay very well to stage such performances?

3. Which watchers are more to the taste of the hunger artist?

4. What does the artist tell stories of with his watchers?

5. Of the two factions who fight around the artist's cage, which does he grow to dislike more?

(see the answer key)

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