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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 Ivan tell Alyosha is the chief part of the cardinal's speech?
(a) Why he asks the prisoner why he has come.
(b) Why he tells the prisoner he was warned.
(c) Why he wants the prisoner killed.
(d) Why he thinks the prisoner is Jesus.

2. What responsibility does the inquisitor say the has clergy taken on?
(a) Re-interpreting Jesus' work.
(b) Freeing man's soul.
(c) Knowing the agony of freedom.
(d) Fixing man's mistakes.

3. Where does Jesus stop to meet the mother of the dead child?
(a) At the market.
(b) On the steps of the cathedral.
(c) Across from the cemetery.
(d) In the street.

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

5. Why does the cardinal say the people would respect Jesus' power if he fed them?
(a) The would respect his kindness.
(b) They would be awed by his ability.
(c) They would appriciate his love.
(d) They would be afraid he would stop.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the grand inquisitor feel about the questions that Jesus was tempted with?

2. Why does the grand inquisitor say that Jesus didn't love people at all?

3. What is the significance of the Tower of Babel?

4. What does the grand inquisitor predict will be the crowds reaction to Jesus' punishment?

5. What author's work doesn't Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?

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