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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the blind man get Jesus to heal him?
(a) He asks Jesus.
(b) He touches Jesus clothes.
(c) He grabs Jesus hand.
(d) Jesus presses is hand to his eyes.

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

3. What does the woman of the dead child do when asking Jesus for help?
(a) Puts her hands to her heart.
(b) Gently looks at him.
(c) Throws himself at his feet.
(d) Kneels gently down.

4. Why does Ivan say that Jesus appears in his tale?
(a) To stop the Inquisition.
(b) Jesus is returning as he promised.
(c) To appear for a moment as the people sunk in iniquity.
(d) His tale takes place at "the end of time."

5. According to Ivan, what do the characters Our Lady and God discuss in "The Wanderings of Our Lady through Hell"?
(a) Mercy for all those in hell.
(b) The history of the world.
(c) Forgiveness for "Our Lady."
(d) The life of Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What play was performed in the Hotel de Ville of Paris in the reign of Louis XI in honor of the birth of the dauphin?

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

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

4. Who in the crowd does Jesus Heal?

5. What does Ivan mean when he says, "fifteen centuries since man has ceased to see signs from heaven"?

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