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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the point of view of "A Hunger Artist"?
(a) First person.
(b) Second person.
(c) Fourth person.
(d) Third person.

2. From what day of the fast are the photographs taken?
(a) The fortieth.
(b) The seventh.
(c) The first.
(d) The fifteenth.

3. To what is a toast drunk after the artist is released?
(a) The women.
(b) The artist.
(c) The public.
(d) The impresario.

4. The artist might fast _____ at the circus, and does so.
(a) As long as he could.
(b) For a week.
(c) For a month.
(d) For forty days.

5. Why does the artist tell the overseer they should not admire his fasting?
(a) Because he's too weak to live.
(b) Because he's a fool.
(c) Because he has to fast.
(d) Because he's dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the first words of dialogue the artist speaks in the short story?

2. Those who are not content with the dim night lighting of the hall focused the artist in the full glare of what?

3. Which watchers are more to the taste of the hunger artist?

4. What does the artist drink every now and again?

5. The onlookers at the beast's cage at the end of the story brace themselves and what?

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