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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 cardinal say the church does that Jesus doesn't?
(a) Understand freedom.
(b) Care for the weak.
(c) Forgive sinners.
(d) Show compassion.

2. What does Ivan tell Alyosha is the chief part of the cardinal's speech?
(a) Why he wants the prisoner killed.
(b) Why he tells the prisoner he was warned.
(c) Why he thinks the prisoner is Jesus.
(d) Why he asks the prisoner why he has come.

3. What does the grand inquisitor say happened in the wilderness?
(a) The prisoner got lost.
(b) There was a mighty storm.
(c) He learned to survive.
(d) Jesus was tempted.

4. How does the cardinal say Jesus responded to the first question from the spirit?
(a) Ignoring the question.
(b) Calmly answering no.
(c) Telling the spirt it is wrong.
(d) Saying man lives not by bread alone.

5. According to the grand inquisitor, How does the church use Jesus to deceive the people?
(a) They deny his existance.
(b) They ask to be worshipped as they were him.
(c) They say that Jesus is still living.
(d) They say his teachings were their idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ivan feel about the part in his poem where the prisoner first appears?

2. Why does the inquisitor say people won't need Jesus?

3. Why does the grand inquisitor think man values more than bread?

4. What does the woman of the dead child do when asking Jesus for help?

5. What does Ivan mean when he says, "It was customary in poetry to bring down heavenly powers on earth"?

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