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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does the cardinal think Jesus' appearance will harm humanity?
(a) Jesus' teachings are not true.
(b) Anything Jesus does will be seen as a miracle, and will rob people of their ability to choose to follow him.
(c) Jesus will punish the sinners.
(d) Healing people delays their journey to heaven.

4. What is the grand inquisitor's manner with Jesus?
(a) Aplogetic.
(b) Loving.
(c) Puzzled.
(d) Authoritative.

5. How does the cardinal think the prisoner would hinder his work?
(a) Stopping the inquisition.
(b) Starting a separate inquisition.
(c) Adding more judges and courts.
(d) Runing for office.

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

7. What religious historical event, "in the north of Germany" is called, "a terrible new heresy."
(a) The Protestant reformation.
(b) The Spanish Inquisition.
(c) The Auto de Fe.
(d) The Crusades.

8. What does the girl do when she comes back to life?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Jumps out of the coffin.
(c) Looks at flowers.
(d) Cries.

9. What is the cardinal's immediate reaction upon witnessing the scene outside the Cathedral?
(a) His face darkens and his eyebrows tense.
(b) He calls for his guards.
(c) He smiles mischeviously.
(d) He orders a man arrested.

10. Why is Jesus' appearance deemed a visit?
(a) It is not his final return.
(b) He comes to Spain.
(c) It is a vacation.
(d) It is not really him.

11. How does the cardinal think Jesus would hinder his work?
(a) Focusing religious attention on himself.
(b) Asking him too many questions.
(c) Trying to get him fired.
(d) Protesting for religous freedom.

12. What does the grand inquisitor say Jesus rejects in the wilderness?
(a) The inquistion.
(b) The teachings of the church.
(c) Sin in man.
(d) His temptation by a spirt.

13. Why does Ivan say, "there was nothing left but faith in what the heart doth say."
(a) The population stopped believing in Jesus.
(b) Without Jesus' physical presence, believer's needed to trust their hearts.
(c) People stopped trusting their feelings.
(d) The population discarded science and replaced it with philosophy.

14. What characters from "The Wanderings of Our Lady through Hell" is NOT referenced in Ivan's "Literary" Preface?
(a) God.
(b) The Archangel Michael.
(c) Our Lady.
(d) The Devil.

15. How does the prisoner look at the grand inquisitor when he is being accused in his cell?
(a) Indifferently.
(b) Sadly.
(c) Meekly.
(d) Angrily.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the crowd tremble in obedience to the cardinal?

2. According to Ivan, what do the characters Our Lady and God discuss in "The Wanderings of Our Lady through Hell"?

3. What author's work does Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?

4. How does Ivan feel about the part in his poem where the prisoner first appears?

5. Where is the cardinal when he sees the crowd?

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