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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the notice board become to the staff after a few weeks?
(a) A reminder.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Useful.
(d) A time-keeper.

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

3. What does the artist stubbornly refuse to do at the last moment of his fast?
(a) Sing.
(b) Cry.
(c) Eat.
(d) Stand up.

4. What surrounds the artist's cage at the circus?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Bright placards.
(c) Trees.
(d) Dolls.

5. What faction fights against those who want to look at the artist at the circus?
(a) Those who want a better view.
(b) Those who want to kill him.
(c) Those who want past to the animals.
(d) Those who manage him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Those who want to stare at the artist at the circus do so not out of interest, but out of what?

2. According to the narrator, how did it used to pay very well to stage such performances?

3. By how many has the hunger artist been applauded in his time?

4. Why does the artist reply that he "can't help it" in speaking to the overseer?

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

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