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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before he is arrested in the story, what doesn't Jesus do?
(a) Preach a sermon.
(b) Heal a blind man.
(c) Heal a child.
(d) Appear in Seville.

2. Who isn't traveling with the cardinal?
(a) Slaves.
(b) His assistants.
(c) The "holy guard."
(d) The queen.

3. What does the grand inquisitor say the church has done to Jesus' work?
(a) Corrected his work.
(b) Brought his work to the masses.
(c) Finished his work.
(d) Helped his work to completion.

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

5. What does the inquisitor say people will build?
(a) A better religion.
(b) A new cathedral.
(c) A new Tower of Babel.
(d) Food markets for all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the grand inquisitor say Jesus rejects in the wilderness?

2. Why does the grand inquisitor ask the prisoner to imagine the questions were forgotten?

3. Why does the grand inquisitor say men have fought and killed?

4. To what does the grand inquisitor say man prefers death?

5. What part of the scene in front of the cathedral does the cardinal witness?

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