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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 author's work doesn't Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?
(a) Dante.
(b) Tyutchev.
(c) Victor Hugo.
(d) Dostoevsky.

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

3. What play was performed in the Hotel de Ville of Paris in the reign of Louis XI in honor of the birth of the dauphin?
(a) Divine Comedy.
(b) The Wanderings of Our Lady through Hell.
(c) Le bon jugement de la tres sainte et gracieuse Vierge Marie.
(d) Les Misérables.

4. What city does Ivan's story about the Grand Inquisitor take place in?
(a) Seville.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Paris.
(d) Moscow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the cardinal say earth's thinkers couldn't do?

2. Who in the crowd does Jesus Heal?

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

4. How does the grand inquisitor feel about the questions that Jesus was tempted with?

5. According to Ivan, what do the characters Our Lady and God discuss in "The Wanderings of Our Lady through Hell"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the cardinal do once he is shut in the room with the prisoner?

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

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

4. What is the purpose of the spirit's questions to Jesus In the wilderness?

5. Why does the crowd flock to Jesus?

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

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

8. What happened the day before to 100 people declared as heretics?

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

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

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