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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The permanent watchers are a formality to reassure whom?
(a) The artist.
(b) The impresario.
(c) The masses.
(d) The children.

3. Why is the limit set on the artist's fasts?
(a) The audience loses interest after that time.
(b) The artist would die.
(c) The artist would collapse.
(d) The artist refuses to keep going.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the artist's cage bedecked with at the end of his fast?

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

3. Those who are not content with the dim night lighting of the hall focused the artist in the full glare of what?

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

5. What is the point of view of "A Hunger Artist"?

(see the answer key)

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