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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Enter the Grand Inquisitor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ivan, how does God explain his treatment of sinners in "The Wanderings of Our Lady through Hell"?
(a) He says sinners are evil and deserve punishment.
(b) He asks what she would do if she were him.
(c) He asks how it would be possible to forgive his son's tormentors.
(d) He explains how punishment teachers people to do good.

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

3. Why was the cardinal wearing different clothes the day before Jesus heals the blind girl?
(a) His other clothes were dirty.
(b) He changes clothes everyday.
(c) He was performing his public duties.
(d) He was on vacation.

4. What do the guards do with the prisoner?
(a) Feed him.
(b) Lock him in a cell.
(c) Ask him his name.
(d) Allow him to wash.

5. In the Inquisition what are penances?
(a) Lessons to be practiced
(b) Rewards for good deads
(c) Verses to memorize
(d) Punishments for sin

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the crowd respond to the prisoner's arrest?

2. What religious character used as a character in fiction does Ivan NOT reference in his "Literary" Preface?

3. What character is speaking when the story begins?

4. Who is the prisoner's visitor?

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

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