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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the permanent watchers are there at a given time?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. What does the artist hold outside the bars from time to time?
(a) His legs.
(b) A stick.
(c) His arm.
(d) His head.

3. Who appears, blissful at having been selected for the honor, to help the artist down?
(a) Two men.
(b) Two women.
(c) One mother.
(d) Three children.

4. What always unnerves the artist and proves too much for him?
(a) The undying hunger.
(b) The audience's whispering.
(c) The impresario's perversion of the truth.
(d) The impresario's presence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the hunger artist do to prove he wasn't eating?

2. How are the results of the fast announced?

3. From what day of the fast are the photographs taken?

4. Under what circumstances does the circus make use of the hunger artist?

5. What, in his zeal, does the hunger artist conveniently forget in talking to the circus professionals?

(see the answer key)

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