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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cushioning on the hunger artist's stage?
(a) Feathers.
(b) Mats.
(c) Pillows.
(d) Straw.

2. What does the artist do, causing general alarm, in his rages?
(a) Shake the bars like a wild animal.
(b) Scream a piercing scream.
(c) Beat himself with a stick.
(d) Cry hysterically.

3. What does the impresario sell to the audience?
(a) Autographs.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Sandwiches.
(d) Stencils.

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

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) Vaudeville show.
(d) Circus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rare stroke of luck the artist encounters at the circus?

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

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

4. Why does the impresario suggest the artist's behavior is to be excused?

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

(see the answer key)

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