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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 does the inquisitor ask the prisoner to judge?
(a) The cardinal's holliness.
(b) If the spirit who questioned him was right.
(c) If the inquisitor was right to judge him.
(d) If the cardinal had sinned.

2. How does the crowd respond to the prisoner's arrest?
(a) They cheer the cardinal.
(b) The try to free him.
(c) They bow down to the cardinal.
(d) The protest.

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

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

5. What does the grand inquisitor say Jesus rejects in the wilderness?
(a) The teachings of the church.
(b) Sin in man.
(c) The inquistion.
(d) His temptation by a spirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ivan say that Jesus appears in his tale?

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

3. How does Jesus help the second person in the crowd?

4. How old is the cardinal?

5. Why were the "fires lighted" in the Inquisition?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jesus tempted in the story?

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

3. How does the little girl feel when she comes back to life?

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

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

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

7. Why does God find it hard to spare the sinners in hell despite Our Lady's pleas for mercy?

8. Why does Ivan call Jesus' appearance a visit?

9. Describe the grand inquisitor's attitude to the three questions that tempted Jesus.

10. What is the subject of Ivan's Literary Preface?

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