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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Three Temptations of Christ.

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 wants the prisoner killed.
(c) Why he tells the prisoner he was warned.
(d) Why he thinks the prisoner is Jesus.

2. How does the cardinal think Jesus would hinder his work?
(a) Focusing religious attention on himself.
(b) Trying to get him fired.
(c) Protesting for religous freedom.
(d) Asking him too many questions.

3. According to Ivan, did Jesus have any physical presence on earth in the 16th Century?
(a) Yes, but only in his story of The Grand Inquistor.
(b) Yes, but only as a character in literary fiction.
(c) No, just in the hearts and mind of beleivers.
(d) Yes, he visited holy men as recorded in their writing.

4. How do the people react to the guards seizing the prisoner from their midst?
(a) They make way for the guards.
(b) They beg them for mercy.
(c) They fight to push the guards back.
(d) They protest verbally but do not intervene.

5. What does the inquisitor say man can not understand?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Evil.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What breaks Ivan's Narrative?

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

3. How does the cardinal''s face look?

4. What does the grand inquisitor say happened to Jesus?

5. According to Ivan, what do the characters Our Lady and God discuss in "The Wanderings of Our Lady through Hell"?

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