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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What order does the cardinal give to his guards after witnessing the scene in front of the cathedral?
(a) To disperse the crowd.
(b) To protect him.
(c) To order the crowd to be silent.
(d) To arrest a man.

2. How does Jesus help the second person in the crowd?
(a) He helps a man escape torture.
(b) He brings a girl back to life.
(c) He forgives a woman's sins.
(d) He allows a blind man to see.

3. What is the "auto de fe"?
(a) The return of Jesus.
(b) Public ceremony of punishment.
(c) A famous battle.
(d) A church holliday.

4. What does the inquisitor add to his stating of the three questions?
(a) A quotation from scripture.
(b) Ideas about modern science.
(c) A judgement about of man's nature.
(d) More factual details.

5. Besides in the works specifically mentioned, where does Ivan say that Christian religious figures appear?
(a) Scattered legends.
(b) Alyosha's Dreams.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Star Constellations.

6. Why were the "fires lighted" in the Inquisition?
(a) To provide light every night for the proceedings.
(b) To warm the court rooms.
(c) To cook feasts given in honor of God.
(d) To burn condemned people alive.

7. When the people are silent before him what does the cardinal do?
(a) Preach a sermon.
(b) Explain his actions.
(c) Bless them.
(d) Demand their obedience.

8. Who is traveling with the cardinal?
(a) His assistants.
(b) The bishops.
(c) Two princes.
(d) The king.

9. How does the crowd respond to the prisoner's arrest?
(a) The protest.
(b) They cheer the cardinal.
(c) They bow down to the cardinal.
(d) The try to free him.

10. What does the grand inquisitor think is important about the Jesus' encounter with the spirit?
(a) The three questions.
(b) The spirit's reaction.
(c) Jesus' response.
(d) The energy created by it.

11. Who does Ivan NOT say was present at the auto de fe the day before?
(a) The cardinals.
(b) The knights.
(c) The king.
(d) The pope.

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

13. What religious character used as a character in fiction does Ivan NOT reference in his "Literary" Preface?
(a) The Archangel Michael.
(b) Abraham.
(c) God.
(d) Virgin Mary.

14. What is a "Literary Preface," in the case of this story?
(a) A introduction explaining why the subsequent story is literature.
(b) An introduction referencing stories with similar aspects.
(c) A well-written introduction.
(d) A preface explaining what literature is.

15. Who is the character mentioned from "Le bon jugement de la tres sainte et gracieuse Vierge Marie," when Ivan references this play?
(a) The devil.
(b) The grand inquisitor.
(c) Jesus.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jesus stop to meet the mother of the dead child?

2. Who is the prisoner's visitor?

3. What does the the grand inquisitor tell Jesus his fate will be the next day?

4. What is hiding the dead girl?

5. In the Inquisition, who controlled penances?

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