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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the best, the audience sets the artist down as what?
(a) A thief.
(b) Modest.
(c) A fraud.
(d) Anorexic.

3. Under what circumstances does the circus make use of the hunger artist?
(a) He is not paid.
(b) He feeds the animals.
(c) He doesn't ask much.
(d) He behaves.

4. What type of band plays the last day of the fast?
(a) A gypsy band.
(b) A military band.
(c) A string quartet.
(d) A local orchestra.

5. By how many has the hunger artist been applauded in his time?
(a) Millions.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Gazillions.
(d) Thousands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lends the watchers the bright light to focus on the artist?

2. Who can hardly understand the artist's temperament, according to the impresario?

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

4. The ladies who help the artist down are apparently so friendly and in reality are so what?

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

(see the answer key)

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