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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cannot hold out against the fact that the crowds are on their way only to the menagerie?
(a) Innate unknowing.
(b) Manic necessity.
(c) Desperate facade.
(d) Obstinate self-deception.

2. According to the narrator, how did it used to pay very well to stage such performances?
(a) In the town square.
(b) Under one's own management.
(c) In the circus.
(d) In the theater.

3. What does the hunger artist wear?
(a) Black tights.
(b) A loin cloth.
(c) A cloth rag.
(d) A turtleneck.

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

5. What is the rare stroke of luck the artist encounters at the circus?
(a) A father stops with his children.
(b) An animal is freed.
(c) He is fed.
(d) A poor soul drops him bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the hunger artist perform?

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

3. For whom is seeing the hunger artist a special treat?

4. Time and time again in good faith the artist stands by the bars doing what?

5. What is a necessary accompaniment to the profession of fasting?

(see the answer key)

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