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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the artist, who has longed for these audience viewings at the circus, come to do?
(a) Shrink from them.
(b) Want them more and more.
(c) Ask to be freed.
(d) Ask for money.

2. Where does the hunger artist perform?
(a) A stage.
(b) A barred cage.
(c) A glass cage.
(d) A wagon.

3. What do the audiences do once the artist collapses into the straw with a groan?
(a) Applaud.
(b) Press close to gaze at him.
(c) Weep loudly.
(d) Run away.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who could watch the hunger artist continuously, day and night?

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

5. What does the hunger artist make no secret of, yet others don't believe him?

(see the answer key)

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