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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the artist carry on in this way, with small intervals of recuperation?
(a) Many years.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years.

2. "Just try to explain to _____ the art of fasting!"
(a) Animals.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Children.
(d) Anyone.

3. What does the artist do when the photographs are produced?
(a) Accuse the impresario of lying.
(b) Weep loudly.
(c) Sink into the straw.
(d) Shake the bars.

4. What are the artist's last words?
(a) "I wanted to go in lights."
(b) "I should have made no fuss and stuffed myself like you or anyone else."
(c) "I wanted to be loved."
(d) "I am a fool."

5. When the great rush is past, who comes along the cage at the circus?
(a) The animals.
(b) The stragglers.
(c) The handlers.
(d) The clowns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the artist's troubled spirit all the more troubled?

2. What does the animal in the cage at the end of the story seem to carry around with it?

3. How are the results of the fast announced?

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

5. What has the notice board become to the staff after a few weeks?

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