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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator writes that "during these last _____ an interest in professional fasting has diminished."
(a) Months.
(b) Decades.
(c) Years.
(d) Centuries.

3. The interest of the public is stimulated by a steadily increasing pressure of what?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Advertisement.

4. On fine days, where is the cage set?
(a) In the garden.
(b) By the butterfly cages.
(c) Outside.
(d) On a roof.

5. Who pays for the breakfast brought to the watchers?
(a) The impresario.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The artist.
(d) The musicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom is seeing the hunger artist a special treat?

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

3. Who could produce first-hand evidence that the fast has really been rigorous and continuous?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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