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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the hunger artist's happiest moment with the overnight watchers?
(a) When they offer him food.
(b) When they are brought breakfast.
(c) When they leave.
(d) When they applaud.

2. Who selects the permanent watchers?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The artist.
(c) The manager.
(d) The public.

3. To whom does the hunger artist hire himself out?
(a) A museum.
(b) A large circus.
(c) An art gallery.
(d) A local fair.

4. Why is the limit set on the artist's fasts?
(a) The audience loses interest after that time.
(b) The artist would collapse.
(c) The artist would die.
(d) The artist refuses to keep going.

5. What does the hunger artist alone know?
(a) How easy it is to fast.
(b) How difficult it is to fast.
(c) How lonely he is.
(d) How proud he's become.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the impresario bring out to show the audience?

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

3. What is the cushioning on the hunger artist's stage?

4. What is the hunger artist stationed next to at the circus?

5. What does the artist do when someone would suggest his melancholy is probably caused by his fasting?

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