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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author's work doesn't Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?
(a) Dante.
(b) Victor Hugo.
(c) Tyutchev.
(d) Dostoevsky.

2. What do the guards do with the prisoner?
(a) Lock him in a cell.
(b) Allow him to wash.
(c) Ask him his name.
(d) Feed him.

3. What does the inquisitor ask the prisoner to judge?
(a) The cardinal's holliness.
(b) If the inquisitor was right to judge him.
(c) If the spirit who questioned him was right.
(d) If the cardinal had sinned.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ivan describe the prison?

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

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

4. How does the cardinal think Jesus would hinder his work?

5. What does the cardinal say earth's thinkers couldn't do?

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