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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. Why does the cardinal think Jesus' appearance will harm humanity?
(a) Healing people delays their journey to heaven.
(b) Jesus will punish the sinners.
(c) Anything Jesus does will be seen as a miracle, and will rob people of their ability to choose to follow him.
(d) Jesus' teachings are not true.

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

3. Why is Jesus' appearance deemed a visit?
(a) It is a vacation.
(b) It is not his final return.
(c) It is not really him.
(d) He comes to Spain.

4. Besides in the works specifically mentioned, where does Ivan say that Christian religious figures appear?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Star Constellations.
(c) Alyosha's Dreams.
(d) Scattered legends.

5. What was the cardinal doing the day before the prisoner is arrested?
(a) Researching scripture.
(b) Training bishops for service.
(c) Presiding over the auto de fe.
(d) On a holiday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What religious historical event, "in the north of Germany" is called, "a terrible new heresy."

3. What is the "auto de fe"?

4. What play was performed in the Hotel de Ville of Paris in the reign of Louis XI in honor of the birth of the dauphin?

5. What religious character used as a character in fiction does Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?

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