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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which watchers are more to the taste of the hunger artist?
(a) Those who offer him food.
(b) Those who play cards.
(c) Those who cry at his pain.
(d) Those who sit close to the bars.

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

3. How long is the limit of the artist's fast set to be?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Forty days.
(c) Four months.
(d) Three weeks.

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

5. The ladies who help the artist down are apparently so friendly and in reality are so what?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Derisive.
(d) Evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only item of furniture in the cage?

2. Who is bound to be the sole, completely satisfied spectator of the artist's fast?

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

4. What is a necessary accompaniment to the profession of fasting?

5. The hunger artist is never what?

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