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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surrounds the artist's cage at the circus?
(a) Bright placards.
(b) Dolls.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Trees.

2. To what is a toast drunk after the artist is released?
(a) The public.
(b) The women.
(c) The impresario.
(d) The artist.

3. How does the impresario punish the artist's rages?
(a) Apologize publically.
(b) Feed the artist.
(c) Scream at the artist.
(d) Beat the artist.

4. Why does the artist tell the overseer they should not admire his fasting?
(a) Because he has to fast.
(b) Because he's a fool.
(c) Because he's too weak to live.
(d) Because he's dying.

5. If the artist had found what, he claims, he would have stuffed himself like anyone else?
(a) The perfect taco.
(b) The secret of happiness.
(c) Food he liked.
(d) The right woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term referring to literature which shares a mood of impending doom, nightmarish narration, and a bleak and senseless complexity?

2. What has the notice board become to the staff after a few weeks?

3. What does the occasional passerby come to make merry of?

4. What genre of literature is "A Hunger Artist" considered to be?

5. How does the artist feel about the roaring at feeding times?

(see the answer key)

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