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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reminds one man of the hunger artist when he doesn't see the artist in the cage?
(a) His fame.
(b) The notice board.
(c) His artistry.
(d) The placards.

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

3. What surrounds the artist's cage at the circus?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Dolls.
(c) Trees.
(d) Bright placards.

4. What literary device is used in this sentence: "He was at once deafened by the storm of shouting."
(a) Irony.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Metaphor.

5. "A large _____ with its enormous traffic in replacing and recruiting men, animals and apparatus can always find use for people at any time."
(a) Vaudeville show.
(b) Fair.
(c) Circus.
(d) Museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grows dirty and illegible at the circus cage?

2. On fine days, where is the cage set?

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

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

5. Why does the artist reply that he "can't help it" in speaking to the overseer?

(see the answer key)

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