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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the results of the fast announced?
(a) By radio.
(b) By microphone.
(c) By megaphone.
(d) By television.

2. What is the hunger artist stationed next to at the circus?
(a) The freak show.
(b) The animal cages.
(c) The tightropes.
(d) The trampoline.

3. In the prime days of the hunger artist, how often did people want to see him?
(a) Once every hour.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Once a day.

4. Who is bound to be the sole, completely satisfied spectator of the artist's fast?
(a) The impresario.
(b) The musician.
(c) The child.
(d) The artist.

5. When the hordes came pouring out to see the _____, they can hardly avoid passing the artist's cage.
(a) Animals.
(b) Parachutists.
(c) Clowns.
(d) Monkeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do most of the watchers think the artist is looking for?

2. To what is a toast drunk after the artist is released?

3. What type of band plays the last day of the fast?

4. Where could the hunger artist barely show himself?

5. What does a passing father occasionally stop and point out to his children?

(see the answer key)

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