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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "His" Coming.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author's work doesn't Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?
(a) Tyutchev.
(b) Dostoevsky.
(c) Dante.
(d) Victor Hugo.

2. What religious historical event, "in the north of Germany" is called, "a terrible new heresy."
(a) The Spanish Inquisition.
(b) The Protestant reformation.
(c) The Crusades.
(d) The Auto de Fe.

3. What does Ivan mean when he says, "fifteen centuries since man has ceased to see signs from heaven"?
(a) The church has lost proof that Jesus existed.
(b) Miracles can no longer occur.
(c) Man is no longer in touch with spirituality.
(d) It has been 15 centuries since Jesus walked the earth.

4. What religious character used as a character in fiction does Ivan NOT reference in his "Literary" Preface?
(a) Virgin Mary.
(b) The Archangel Michael.
(c) Abraham.
(d) God.

5. Who is Ivan talking about when he says, "He comes on the scene in my poem, but He says nothing, only appears and passes on"?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Archangel Michael.
(c) God.
(d) Alyosha.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the crowd do after they see Jesus perform healing?

3. Where does Jesus stop to meet the mother of the dead child?

4. When does Ivan say religiously themed plays, chiefly from the Old Testament, stopped being performed in Moscow?

5. Who in the crowd does Jesus Heal?

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