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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lights the stage of the artist at night?
(a) Lamps.
(b) A spotlight.
(c) Candles.
(d) Torch flares.

2. In the prime days of the hunger artist, how often did people want to see him?
(a) Once every hour.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Once a day.
(d) Once a week.

3. Who sets the limit on the artist's fasts?
(a) The maestro.
(b) The artist.
(c) The impresario.
(d) The artist's father.

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

5. Why does the impresario suggest the artist's behavior is to be excused?
(a) Irritability due to fasting.
(b) His dampened spirit.
(c) His need of sleep.
(d) His god-like purity.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom is the hunger artist often just a joke that happens to be in fashion?

2. From what day of the fast are the photographs taken?

3. Time and time again in good faith the artist stands by the bars doing what?

4. Who lends the watchers the bright light to focus on the artist?

5. How does the artist feel about the bright light used by some watchers?

(see the answer key)

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