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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 grand inquisitor say happened in the wilderness?
(a) He learned to survive.
(b) Jesus was tempted.
(c) There was a mighty storm.
(d) The prisoner got lost.

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

3. Who isn't present in the girl's funeral?
(a) The girl's sister.
(b) Jesus.
(c) The crowd.
(d) The priest.

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

5. What is the first thing the visitor does when entering the prisoner's cell?
(a) Asks him his identity.
(b) Walks toward him.
(c) Introduces himself.
(d) Gazes at him for a long time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the woman of the dead child do when asking Jesus for help?

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

4. According to Ivan, how does God explain his treatment of sinners in "The Wanderings of Our Lady through Hell"?

5. What does the inquisitor ask the prisoner to judge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the priest in the funeral look perplexed?

2. How is Jesus tempted in the story?

3. What does the grand inquisitor believe is most important about Jesus' temptation?

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

5. Why does the crowd ask to be healed by the stranger?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does the cardinal come to the prisoner's room alone and in the night?

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