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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the grand inquisitor ask the prisoner to imagine the questions were forgotten?
(a) So he could accept new ones.
(b) So he would eventually forget them.
(c) So he could invent better ones.
(d) So he could imagine their recreation.

2. What prompts the woman of the dead child to ask Jesus for help?
(a) She doesn't ask.
(b) The crowd tells her to.
(c) The priest tells her to.
(d) She sees him from afar.

3. Why must the church determine right and wrong for the people, according to the grand inquisitor?
(a) To save them from misery.
(b) To enslave them.
(c) To maintain his authority.
(d) To protect the the church.

4. How does Ivan feel about the part in his poem where the prisoner first appears?
(a) He thinks it is funny.
(b) He thinks its one of the best parts.
(c) He thinks it is very orignal.
(d) He would like to refine it more.

5. What does the cardinal say earth's thinkers couldn't do?
(a) Equal the force of the spirit's questions.
(b) Understand Jesus' true teaching.
(c) Dicipher the true meaning of Jesus' temptation.
(d) Understand the three questions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What will the church declare upon finishing the temple?

3. What is the third thing Jesus is tempted with?

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

5. Why does the cardinal say the people would respect Jesus' power if he fed them?

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