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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 is the cardinal's immediate reaction upon witnessing the scene outside the Cathedral?
(a) His face darkens and his eyebrows tense.
(b) He smiles mischeviously.
(c) He calls for his guards.
(d) He orders a man arrested.

2. 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.

3. What happened at the auto de fe the day before the prisoner is arrested?
(a) Heretics were burnt.
(b) The grand inquisitor was not present.
(c) The king's court did not show up.
(d) The cardinal condemned burning.

4. What author's work does Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Peter the Great.
(c) Victor Hugo.
(d) Dostoevsky.

5. How does the cardinal''s face look?
(a) Withered
(b) Puzzled
(c) Ageless
(d) Calm but judicious

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. Besides in the works specifically mentioned, where does Ivan say that Christian religious figures appear?

3. What does the grand inquisitor say happened in the wilderness?

4. Before he is arrested in the story, what doesn't Jesus do?

5. What breaks Ivan's Narrative?

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