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

2. Who is the first person Jesus helps in the crowd?
(a) A condmened man.
(b) A blind man.
(c) A dead girl.
(d) The Inquisitor.

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

4. What doesn't the crowd do when they see Jesus perform two miracles?
(a) Asks him for healing.
(b) Elects him cardinal.
(c) Throws flowers at his feet.
(d) Cries, "it is He."

5. What doesn't the inquisitor say is brought to together by the spirit's questions to Jesus?
(a) The people's philosophy.
(b) Fact and imagination.
(c) The history of mankind afterward.
(d) Contradictions of human nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jesus' appearance deemed a visit?

2. What is like "lightning flashing from east to west"?

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

4. Before he is arrested in the story, what doesn't Jesus do?

5. What happened at the auto de fe the day before the prisoner is arrested?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the inquisitor think the three questions are important?

2. Why does Jesus appear at the specific time and place in Spain?

3. How is Jesus tempted in the story?

4. What is the "new heresy" Ivan refers to in the "north of Germany?"

5. Why didn't Jesus use his powers to control man?

6. How are the literary examples in Ivan's preface related?

7. Why does the crowd flock to Jesus?

8. Why does the crowd get excited when they recognize Jesus?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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