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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Second Temptation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl do when she comes back to life?
(a) Jumps out of the coffin.
(b) Looks at flowers.
(c) Cries.
(d) Laughs.

2. What city does Ivan's story about the Grand Inquisitor take place in?
(a) Moscow.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Paris.
(d) Seville.

3. What doesn't the inquisitor say is brought to together by the spirit's questions to Jesus?
(a) Fact and imagination.
(b) The history of mankind afterward.
(c) Contradictions of human nature.
(d) The people's philosophy.

4. What characters from "The Wanderings of Our Lady through Hell" is NOT referenced in Ivan's "Literary" Preface?
(a) Our Lady.
(b) The Devil.
(c) God.
(d) The Archangel Michael.

5. 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) Yes, he visited holy men as recorded in their writing.
(d) No, just in the hearts and mind of beleivers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the cardinal doing the day before the prisoner is arrested?

3. According to the grand inquisitor, what is the difference about how the church and Jesus implement their philosophy?

4. What is hiding the dead girl?

5. What does the grand inquisitor say accompanies faith?

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