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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the cardinal?
(a) Almost ninety.
(b) Slighty over eighty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Seventy-nine.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the grand inquisitor think is important about the Jesus' encounter with the spirit?

2. What do the guards do with the prisoner?

3. Why does the cardinal think Jesus' appearance will harm humanity?

4. What does the cardinal do when he repeats the spirit's questions?

5. Besides in the works specifically mentioned, where does Ivan say that Christian religious figures appear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ivan suggest some people's faith in Jesus become stronger?

2. Why were the cardinals, the king and his court, the knights, and the whole population of Seville at the auto de fe?

3. How does Our Lady feel when she sees sinners in the burning lake?

4. Why does Ivan suggest some people's connection in Jesus began to dwindle?

5. Why doesn't the grand inquisitor want Jesus to add to his teachings?

6. Why does the crowd flock to Jesus?

7. Who is the spirit that talks with Jesus in the wilderness?

8. What does Alyosha think of the old man's behavior?

9. Describe the grand inquisitor's manner of speech to the prisoner.

10. Describe Ivan's manner the first time Alyosha stops to question him.

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