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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the artist tell stories of with his watchers?
(a) His hunger.
(b) His nomadic life.
(c) His joy.
(d) His craft.

2. How many doctors enter the cage to measure the results of the fast?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. How does the artist feel about the bright light used by some watchers?
(a) It makes him miserable.
(b) It doesn't trouble him.
(c) It makes him angry.
(d) It makes him defenseless.

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

5. At the best, the audience sets the artist down as what?
(a) A fraud.
(b) Modest.
(c) A thief.
(d) Anorexic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has the artist never yet left his cage at the end of a fast?

2. What would the lax watchers do in a huddled corner?

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

4. Who could watch the hunger artist continuously, day and night?

5. In what tense is "A Hunger Artist" written?

(see the answer key)

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