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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ivan and Alyosha Converse.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alyosha accuse Ivan of lacking?
(a) Belief in Jesus.
(b) Attention to the truth.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Love.

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

3. What does the inquisitor say couldn't be clear at the time of the questions?
(a) How they would be answered.
(b) Their importance.
(c) Their prophetic nature.
(d) Their truth.

4. Why does the grand inquisitor think man values more than bread?
(a) Order.
(b) Someone to worship.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Love and happiness.

5. Why does the grand inquisitor say that Jesus didn't love people at all?
(a) He gave them hope.
(b) He gave them freedom.
(c) He enslaved them.
(d) He taught them the truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the prison?

2. How long does the grand inquisitor say it had been since the church followed Jesus' teachings?

3. What does the inquisitor add to his stating of the three questions?

4. What religious historical event, "in the north of Germany" is called, "a terrible new heresy."

5. What does Ivan hope to learn upon meeting Alyosha again?

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