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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the cardinal say the church does that Jesus doesn't?
(a) Care for the weak.
(b) Forgive sinners.
(c) Understand freedom.
(d) Show compassion.

2. What doesn't the inquisitor say is brought to together by the spirit's questions to Jesus?
(a) The people's philosophy.
(b) Contradictions of human nature.
(c) Fact and imagination.
(d) The history of mankind afterward.

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

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

5. Who will continue to suffer if the church becomes all powerful?
(a) Those who believe in truth.
(b) The people of the world.
(c) The clergy.
(d) Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompts the woman of the dead child to ask Jesus for help?

2. What does the grand inquisitor say Jesus would do if he really loved humanity?

3. Why did the grand inquisitor change his mind about Jesus teachings?

4. Why does the grand inquisitor say men have fought and killed?

5. According to Ivan, what do the characters Our Lady and God discuss in "The Wanderings of Our Lady through Hell"?

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