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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why doesn't the the grand inquisitor want Jesus to add to his teachings?
(a) It would undermine the church's authority.
(b) Jesus teachings are not true.
(c) He doesn't believe in Jesus.
(d) He thinks his old teachings are perfect.

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

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

5. Who isn't present in the girl's funeral?
(a) Jesus.
(b) The crowd.
(c) The girl's sister.
(d) The priest.

6. What does the the grand inquisitor tell Jesus his fate will be the next day?
(a) He will be freed.
(b) He will have a chance to preach.
(c) He will be burned.
(d) He will remain in prison.

7. What play was performed in the Hotel de Ville of Paris in the reign of Louis XI in honor of the birth of the dauphin?
(a) Divine Comedy.
(b) Le bon jugement de la tres sainte et gracieuse Vierge Marie.
(c) The Wanderings of Our Lady through Hell.
(d) Les Misérables.

8. How does Ivan describe the prison?
(a) Impenetrable.
(b) Gloomy.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Modern.

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

10. What does Alyosha ask Ivan about his story?
(a) Asks Ivan why he wrote it.
(b) Asks him to explain something
(c) He asks him to repeat someting.
(d) Asks what inspired it.

11. What does the inquisitor say couldn't be clear at the time of the questions?
(a) Their importance.
(b) Their truth.
(c) How they would be answered.
(d) Their prophetic nature.

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

13. What prompts the woman of the dead child to ask Jesus for help?
(a) She doesn't ask.
(b) The crowd tells her to.
(c) The priest tells her to.
(d) She sees him from afar.

14. What is hiding the dead girl?
(a) Flowers.
(b) A veil.
(c) The coffin lid.
(d) Shadows.

15. According to Ivan, how does God explain his treatment of sinners in "The Wanderings of Our Lady through Hell"?
(a) He says sinners are evil and deserve punishment.
(b) He asks what she would do if she were him.
(c) He explains how punishment teachers people to do good.
(d) He asks how it would be possible to forgive his son's tormentors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the grand inquisitor ask the prisoner to imagine the questions were forgotten?

2. How does the crowd respond to the prisoner's arrest?

3. What does the cardinal say earth's thinkers couldn't do?

4. Who is the character mentioned from "Le bon jugement de la tres sainte et gracieuse Vierge Marie," when Ivan references this play?

5. In the Inquisition what are penances?

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