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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 the grand inquisitor say is more powerful than the banner of bread?
(a) Providing food and shelter.
(b) The church and the Inquistion.
(c) Eternal love.
(d) Possession of the conscience.

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

3. According to Ivan, did Jesus have any physical presence on earth in the 16th Century?
(a) Yes, he visited holy men as recorded in their writing.
(b) Yes, but only as a character in literary fiction.
(c) Yes, but only in his story of The Grand Inquistor.
(d) No, just in the hearts and mind of beleivers.

4. How is the world divided according to the grand inquisitor?
(a) Into the holy and unholy.
(b) Followers of Jesus and followers of the church.
(c) By class and ethnicity.
(d) Into those who believe, wonder and disbelieve.

5. What does the grand inquisitor say accompanies faith?
(a) Doubt.
(b) Love.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What religious character used as a character in fiction does Ivan NOT reference in his "Literary" Preface?

3. What did the grand inquisitor believe when he was younger?

4. Who is the first person Jesus helps in the crowd?

5. Why does Ivan say that Jesus appears in his tale?

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