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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Enter the Grand Inquisitor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is hiding the dead girl?
(a) Shadows.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A veil.
(d) The coffin lid.

2. 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.

3. Where is the cardinal when he sees the crowd?
(a) Coming out of the church.
(b) Walking by the Seville Cathedral.
(c) Across from the market.
(d) In his house.

4. What religious character used as a character in fiction does Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?
(a) Zeus.
(b) The archangel Michael.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) John the Baptist.

5. What religious historical event, "in the north of Germany" is called, "a terrible new heresy."
(a) The Spanish Inquisition.
(b) The Auto de Fe.
(c) The Protestant reformation.
(d) The Crusades.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jesus' appearance deemed a visit?

2. Why does Ivan say that Jesus appears in his tale?

3. How does Ivan describe the prison?

4. How does Ivan describe the night in Seville?

5. Why were the "fires lighted" in the Inquisition?

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