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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When would people buy season tickets for the artist's performance?
(a) The last month of the fast.
(b) The first days of the fast.
(c) The entire fast.
(d) The last few days of the fast.

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

3. Who can hardly understand the artist's temperament, according to the impresario?
(a) Animals.
(b) Well-fed people.
(c) The impresario.
(d) Women.

4. In the prime days of the hunger artist, how often did people want to see him?
(a) Once every hour.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Once a week.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the great rush is past, who comes along the cage at the circus?

2. When does the lack of interest of the public seem to take hold?

3. Why does the impresario suggest the artist's behavior is to be excused?

4. What does the artist do when the photographs are produced?

5. To what is a toast drunk after the artist is released?

(see the answer key)

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