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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which watchers are more to the taste of the hunger artist?
(a) Those who play cards.
(b) Those who sit close to the bars.
(c) Those who cry at his pain.
(d) Those who offer him food.

2. What is carried past the cage for the beasts of prey?
(a) Live chickens.
(b) Raw meat.
(c) Cooked steaks.
(d) Flowers.

3. What does the artist tell stories of with his watchers?
(a) His nomadic life.
(b) His craft.
(c) His hunger.
(d) His joy.

4. "What was a _______ of the premature ending of his fast was here presented as the cause of it!"
(a) Gallantry.
(b) Consequence.
(c) Result.
(d) Ignorance.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does no one, not even the artist know, after some time at the circus?

3. Everywhere, "as if by secret agreement, a positive ______ from professional fasting was in evidence."

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

5. Who could produce first-hand evidence that the fast has really been rigorous and continuous?

(see the answer key)

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