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

2. What does Ivan mean when he says, "fifteen centuries since man has ceased to see signs from heaven"?
(a) Miracles can no longer occur.
(b) Man is no longer in touch with spirituality.
(c) It has been 15 centuries since Jesus walked the earth.
(d) The church has lost proof that Jesus existed.

3. What do the people do when they first do when they recognize Jesus?
(a) Crowd around him.
(b) Run away.
(c) Ask him to heal them.
(d) Fall at his feet.

4. Why does the crowd tremble in obedience to the cardinal?
(a) They know he is powerful.
(b) They hope he will reward them.
(c) He tells the guards to arrest them.
(d) He orders them on their knees.

5. Why does the cardinal think Jesus' appearance will harm humanity?
(a) Jesus will punish the sinners.
(b) Healing people delays their journey to heaven.
(c) Anything Jesus does will be seen as a miracle, and will rob people of their ability to choose to follow him.
(d) Jesus' teachings are not true.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doesn't the crowd do when they see Jesus perform two miracles?

2. What author's work does Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?

3. What does the crowd do after they see Jesus perform healing?

4. What does the inquisitor add to his stating of the three questions?

5. What breaks Ivan's Narrative?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Ivan repeatedly mention Dante in his preface?

4. What is the grand inquisitor's judgment about Jesus' response to the temptation?

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

6. What does the grand inquisitor believe about people's freedom?

7. How is Jesus tempted in the story?

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

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

10. Why does the crowd flock to Jesus?

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