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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Temptation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cardinal's immediate reaction upon witnessing the scene outside the Cathedral?
(a) His face darkens and his eyebrows tense.
(b) He orders a man arrested.
(c) He calls for his guards.
(d) He smiles mischeviously.

2. What author's work does Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?
(a) Victor Hugo.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Dostoevsky.
(d) Peter the Great.

3. What does the inquisitor ask the prisoner to judge?
(a) If the spirit who questioned him was right.
(b) If the inquisitor was right to judge him.
(c) The cardinal's holliness.
(d) If the cardinal had sinned.

4. What does the the grand inquisitor tell Jesus his fate will be the next day?
(a) He will have a chance to preach.
(b) He will be freed.
(c) He will be burned.
(d) He will remain in prison.

5. Before he is arrested in the story, what doesn't Jesus do?
(a) Appear in Seville.
(b) Heal a child.
(c) Preach a sermon.
(d) Heal a blind man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What order does the cardinal give to his guards after witnessing the scene in front of the cathedral?

2. Where does Jesus stop to meet the mother of the dead child?

3. What does the inquisitor accuse Jesus of?

4. Who isn't present in the girl's funeral?

5. What does the grand inquisitor say happened to Jesus?

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