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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the watchers are invited to take on a night's vigil without a breakfast, what do they do?
(a) Make themselves scarce.
(b) Insist on money.
(c) Get angry.
(d) Lie about the artist.

2. In what tense is "A Hunger Artist" written?
(a) Present.
(b) Future.
(c) Past.
(d) Future perfect.

3. Who are the permanent watchers, usually?
(a) Priests.
(b) Butchers.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Candy salesmen.

4. What is the artist's manager called?
(a) The heife.
(b) The kaiser.
(c) The impresario.
(d) The voltar.

5. "There were people who argued that this breakfast was an unfair attempt" to do what?
(a) Humiliate the watchers.
(b) Prove his humility.
(c) Bribe the watchers.
(d) Poison the watchers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the artist tell stories of with his watchers?

2. What does the artist hold outside the bars from time to time?

3. In the prime days of the hunger artist, how often did people want to see him?

4. Why is the limit set on the artist's fasts?

5. Who selects the permanent watchers?

(see the answer key)

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