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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 did the grand inquisitor believe when he was younger?
(a) That the church was evil.
(b) That Jesus wasn't real.
(c) In all that Jesus taught.
(d) The church purpose was to control.

2. Why did the grand inquisitor change his mind about religion?
(a) He thought only the weak should suffer.
(b) He thought the strong should sufffer.
(c) He thought people should suffer.
(d) He found all the suffering difficult.

3. What does the inquisitor say people will destroy?
(a) The prisons.
(b) Jesus' temple.
(c) Seville.
(d) The world.

4. Why does Ivan say the inquisitor suffers?
(a) He thinks Jesus' teachings are incorrect.
(b) The church is deceitful.
(c) He has no faith in god.
(d) He believes in god despite his behavior.

5. What responsibility does the inquisitor say the has clergy taken on?
(a) Freeing man's soul.
(b) Knowing the agony of freedom.
(c) Re-interpreting Jesus' work.
(d) Fixing man's mistakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alyosha accuse Ivan of being a Mason?

2. What does the inquisitor predict the church will do when it achieves supreme authority?

3. Why does the inquisitor say people must submit to authority?

4. Why does the cardinal think people don't want freedom?

5. What does the grand inquisitor say Jesus would do if he really loved humanity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the grand inquisitor think men fear freedom?

2. How is the church giving people their freedom?

3. How does the grand inquisitor predict man will feel about his loss of freedom?

4. Why does Jesus deserve to be burned at the stake, according to the grand inquisitor?

5. Why does the grand inquisitor say Jesus refused in the second temptation?

6. How will the church finish the Tower of Babel that man has built?

7. What do the people believe the clergy is doing for them?

8. What is it about the grand inquisitor Alyosha can't believe?

9. How does the grand inquisitor justify lying to people about Jesus and religion?

10. What similarity is drawn about Catholics and Masons?

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