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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. How do the people react to the guards seizing the prisoner from their midst?
(a) They fight to push the guards back.
(b) They make way for the guards.
(c) They protest verbally but do not intervene.
(d) They beg them for mercy.

2. Why was the cardinal wearing different clothes the day before Jesus heals the blind girl?
(a) He changes clothes everyday.
(b) His other clothes were dirty.
(c) He was on vacation.
(d) He was performing his public duties.

3. How old is the cardinal?
(a) Slighty over eighty.
(b) Seventy-nine.
(c) Almost ninety.
(d) One hundred.

4. What does the Cardinal say would happen if Jesus turned stones into bread?
(a) Everyone would be obedient to him.
(b) The bread would be refused.
(c) Everyone would respect him.
(d) His love would be understood.

5. What does the cardinal do when he repeats the spirit's questions?
(a) He puts it into he own words.
(b) He poses it to the prisoner.
(c) He makes a joke of it.
(d) He quotes the bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the grand inquisitor, what is the church's work founded on?

2. What does the cardinal say man will do for earthly bread?

3. What does the grand inquisitor predict will be the crowds reaction to Jesus' punishment?

4. What author's work doesn't Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?

5. What order does the cardinal give to his guards after witnessing the scene in front of the cathedral?

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