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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ivan tell Alyosha is the chief part of the cardinal's speech?
(a) Why he wants the prisoner killed.
(b) Why he thinks the prisoner is Jesus.
(c) Why he tells the prisoner he was warned.
(d) Why he asks the prisoner why he has come.

2. How does the blind man get Jesus to heal him?
(a) He touches Jesus clothes.
(b) He asks Jesus.
(c) Jesus presses is hand to his eyes.
(d) He grabs Jesus hand.

3. What was the cardinal doing the day before the prisoner is arrested?
(a) Presiding over the auto de fe.
(b) Researching scripture.
(c) Training bishops for service.
(d) On a holiday.

4. In the Inquisition, who controlled penances?
(a) The cardinal.
(b) God.
(c) A jury.
(d) Jesus.

5. Who does the grand inquisitor say the prisoner talked to in the wilderness?
(a) The people of Seville.
(b) A spirit.
(c) Animals.
(d) Travelers on the road.

6. What does the crowd do after they see Jesus perform healing?
(a) Write down his words.
(b) Shout, "it is He."
(c) Ask him for freedom.
(d) Elect him Grand Inquisitor.

7. 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.

8. Who in the crowd does Jesus Heal?
(a) All who he loves.
(b) All who pray.
(c) All who come in contact with him.
(d) All who ask him.

9. What does the inquisitor say man can not understand?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Evil.
(d) Truth.

10. What does the woman of the dead child do when asking Jesus for help?
(a) Throws himself at his feet.
(b) Puts her hands to her heart.
(c) Kneels gently down.
(d) Gently looks at him.

11. What author's work does Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?
(a) Dostoevsky.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Peter the Great.
(d) Victor Hugo.

12. What century does Ivan's Legend take place in?
(a) 16th century.
(b) 18th century.
(c) 17th century.
(d) 15th century.

13. What part of the scene in front of the cathedral does the cardinal witness?
(a) Jesus appearing.
(b) A man asking to be healed.
(c) A man's sight being restored.
(d) A girl coming back to life.

14. What does the prisoner do to be recognized by the people?
(a) He appears unobserved.
(b) He holds out his hands.
(c) He walks into a crowd.
(d) He heals a blind man.

15. What breaks Ivan's Narrative?
(a) Alyosha asks a question.
(b) Alyosha has to leave.
(c) He pauses to question Alyosha.
(d) He gets tired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cardinal's immediate reaction upon witnessing the scene outside the Cathedral?

2. What does the grand inquisitor say happened in the wilderness?

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

4. What city does Ivan's story about the Grand Inquisitor take place in?

5. Why does Ivan say, "there was nothing left but faith in what the heart doth say."

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