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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the permanent watchers are there at a given time?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

2. Time and time again in good faith the artist stands by the bars doing what?
(a) Feeling in agony.
(b) Listening to the impresario.
(c) Crying like a child.
(d) Screaming madly.

3. According to the narrator, how did it used to pay very well to stage such performances?
(a) In the town square.
(b) Under one's own management.
(c) In the theater.
(d) In the circus.

4. What will surely come into fashion at a later date?
(a) Bear-baiting.
(b) Hunger strikes.
(c) Trapeze artists.
(d) Fasting.

5. Why does the hunger artist avoid reading the contract?
(a) To spare his own feelings.
(b) Because he had no manager.
(c) To save himself money.
(d) Because he couldn't read.

Short Answer Questions

1. The artist's inner what is always rankled?

2. Who are the permanent watchers, usually?

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

4. What does the hunger artist make no secret of, yet others don't believe him?

5. What does a passing father occasionally stop and point out to his children?

(see the answer key)

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