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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 Alyosha ask Ivan about his story?
(a) He asks him to repeat someting.
(b) Asks him to explain something
(c) Asks Ivan why he wrote it.
(d) Asks what inspired it.

2. Who isn't present in the girl's funeral?
(a) The crowd.
(b) Jesus.
(c) The priest.
(d) The girl's sister.

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

4. What does Ivan mean when he says, "fifteen centuries since man has ceased to see signs from heaven"?
(a) It has been 15 centuries since Jesus walked the earth.
(b) Man is no longer in touch with spirituality.
(c) The church has lost proof that Jesus existed.
(d) Miracles can no longer occur.

5. Who in the crowd does Jesus Heal?
(a) All who he loves.
(b) All who pray.
(c) All who come in contact with him.
(d) All who ask him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author's work does Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?

2. What doesn't the crowd do when they see Jesus perform two miracles?

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

4. When does Ivan say religiously themed plays, chiefly from the Old Testament, stopped being performed in Moscow?

5. How do the people react to the guards seizing the prisoner from their midst?

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