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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the artist's last words?
(a) "I should have made no fuss and stuffed myself like you or anyone else."
(b) "I wanted to be loved."
(c) "I wanted to go in lights."
(d) "I am a fool."

2. What does the overseer first ask the artist once he is found in the cage?
(a) "Where have you been?"
(b) "Are you still fasting?"
(c) "Are you alive?"
(d) "Are you an animal?"

3. What streams from the beast in the cage's throat at the end of the story?
(a) Outrage.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Joy of life.
(d) Greed.

4. Of the two factions who fight around the artist's cage, which does he grow to dislike more?
(a) The ones who want past.
(b) The ones who want to stop and stare.
(c) The ones who fight for the better view.
(d) The ones who want to feed him.

5. What does the artist hold outside the bars from time to time?
(a) His legs.
(b) His head.
(c) His arm.
(d) A stick.

Short Answer Questions

1. "People grew ______ with the strange idea that they could be expected, in times like these, to take an interest in the hunger artist."

2. The artist fears where they might seclude him if he calls attention to what?

3. What cannot hold out against the fact that the crowds are on their way only to the menagerie?

4. Why do many people regretfully have to keep away from his exhibitions?

5. What is the hunger artist's happiest moment with the overnight watchers?

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