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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Everywhere, "as if by secret agreement, a positive ______ from professional fasting was in evidence."
(a) Revulsion.
(b) Interest.
(c) Distaste.
(d) Propulsion.

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

3. Under what circumstances does the circus make use of the hunger artist?
(a) He behaves.
(b) He doesn't ask much.
(c) He feeds the animals.
(d) He is not paid.

4. How is the creature in the cage's body described at the end of the story?
(a) Weak.
(b) Ravenous.
(c) Noble.
(d) Scrawny.

5. What does the artist drink every now and again?
(a) Milk.
(b) Water.
(c) Wine.
(d) Mead.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is not easy for onlookers "to stand in the ____ of it" regarding the beast at the end of the story.

2. What lights the stage of the artist at night?

3. What does the artist do, causing general alarm, in his rages?

4. What does the artist tell stories of with his watchers?

5. What does the hunger artist wear?

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