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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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 order the crowd to be silent.
(c) To arrest a man.
(d) To protect him.

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

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

10. How do the people react to the guards seizing the prisoner from their midst?
(a) They beg them for mercy.
(b) They make way for the guards.
(c) They protest verbally but do not intervene.
(d) They fight to push the guards back.

11. Why does Ivan say that Jesus appears in his tale?
(a) To appear for a moment as the people sunk in iniquity.
(b) Jesus is returning as he promised.
(c) To stop the Inquisition.
(d) His tale takes place at "the end of time."

12. What religious character used as a character in fiction does Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?
(a) Mohammed.
(b) The archangel Michael.
(c) Zeus.
(d) John the Baptist.

13. What does the cardinal do when he repeats the spirit's questions?
(a) He poses it to the prisoner.
(b) He puts it into he own words.
(c) He quotes the bible.
(d) He makes a joke of it.

14. Where do the guards take the prisoner?
(a) To the prison.
(b) To a secret location outside of town.
(c) To the cardinal's chamber.
(d) To the cathedral.

15. Who isn't traveling with the cardinal?
(a) His assistants.
(b) The "holy guard."
(c) The queen.
(d) Slaves.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is hiding the dead girl?

3. What characters from "The Wanderings of Our Lady through Hell" is referenced in Ivan's "Literary" Preface.

4. What does Ivan tell Alyosha is the chief part of the cardinal's speech?

5. What part of the scene in front of the cathedral does the cardinal witness?

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