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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the people react to the guards seizing the prisoner from their midst?
(a) They protest verbally but do not intervene.
(b) They make way for the guards.
(c) They fight to push the guards back.
(d) They beg them for mercy.

2. Who isn't traveling with the cardinal?
(a) The queen.
(b) His assistants.
(c) The "holy guard."
(d) Slaves.

3. Why were the "fires lighted" in the Inquisition?
(a) To provide light every night for the proceedings.
(b) To warm the court rooms.
(c) To cook feasts given in honor of God.
(d) To burn condemned people alive.

4. Who is the prisoner's visitor?
(a) The girl he healed.
(b) The woman from the crowd.
(c) The king.
(d) The cardinal.

5. What is the "auto de fe"?
(a) Public ceremony of punishment.
(b) A famous battle.
(c) A church holliday.
(d) The return of Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened at the auto de fe the day before the prisoner is arrested?

2. Who does the grand inquisitor say the prisoner talked to in the wilderness?

3. Why does the cardinal think Jesus' appearance will harm humanity?

4. How does Jesus help the second person in the crowd?

5. In the Inquisition, who controlled penances?

(see the answer key)

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