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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The hunger artist is never what?
(a) Satisfied.
(b) Full.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Unhappy.

2. Everywhere, "as if by secret agreement, a positive ______ from professional fasting was in evidence."
(a) Revulsion.
(b) Interest.
(c) Propulsion.
(d) Distaste.

3. What does the hunger artist alone know?
(a) How lonely he is.
(b) How easy it is to fast.
(c) How difficult it is to fast.
(d) How proud he's become.

4. Who sets the limit on the artist's fasts?
(a) The maestro.
(b) The artist's father.
(c) The artist.
(d) The impresario.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pays for the breakfast brought to the watchers?

2. Why does the hunger artist avoid reading the contract?

3. The ladies who help the artist down are apparently so friendly and in reality are so what?

4. Who is bound to be the sole, completely satisfied spectator of the artist's fast?

5. What does the hunger artist always feel he is being cheated from doing?

(see the answer key)

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