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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How long does the artist carry on in this way, with small intervals of recuperation?
(a) Three years.
(b) Many years.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the hunger artist's happiest moment with the overnight watchers?

2. At the best, the audience sets the artist down as what?

3. What incomprehensible boast of the artist's does the impresario mention to the public?

4. To fight against this lack of understanding to the audience and others is what?

5. Who appears, blissful at having been selected for the honor, to help the artist down?

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