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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) Travelers on the road.
(b) The people of Seville.
(c) Animals.
(d) A spirit.

2. What does the grand inquisitor predict will be the crowds reaction to Jesus' punishment?
(a) The will reluctantly accept it.
(b) The will help burn him.
(c) They will be indifferent.
(d) They will protest it.

3. 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.

4. Before he is arrested in the story, what doesn't Jesus do?
(a) Heal a child.
(b) Appear in Seville.
(c) Preach a sermon.
(d) Heal a blind man.

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

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

7. How does the grand inquisitor feel about the questions that Jesus was tempted with?
(a) He thinks they are wise.
(b) He thinks he has better ones.
(c) He is confused by them.
(d) He thinks they are too hard.

8. What character is speaking when the story begins?
(a) Ivan.
(b) The grand inquisitor.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Alyosha.

9. How does Ivan feel about the part in his poem where the prisoner first appears?
(a) He thinks it is very orignal.
(b) He thinks it is funny.
(c) He would like to refine it more.
(d) He thinks its one of the best parts.

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

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

12. What is the cardinal wearing when he witnesses the crowd?
(a) Uniform of the "holy guard."
(b) An old monk's cassock.
(c) Gorgeous cardinal's robes.
(d) A funeral suit.

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) She sees him from afar.
(d) The priest tells her to.

14. When does Ivan say religiously themed plays, chiefly from the Old Testament, stopped being performed in Moscow?
(a) At the start of WWII.
(b) Upon the return of Jesus.
(c) At the start of the Spanish Inquisition.
(d) Before the time of Peter the Great.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why was the cardinal wearing different clothes the day before Jesus heals the blind girl?

3. How does the prisoner look at the grand inquisitor when he is being accused in his cell?

4. What does the prisoner do to be recognized by the people?

5. When the people are silent before him what does the cardinal do?

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