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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 doesn't Alyosha believe?
(a) That Ivan means what he says.
(b) That Ivan's story is orginal.
(c) That the clergy thinks deception is helpful.
(d) That The prisoner in the story is Jesus.

2. Why does the inquisitor say people must submit to authority?
(a) To releive them of the burden of freedom.
(b) it is wise for them to do so.
(c) Freedom can not exist.
(d) It is the only way they can find food.

3. Why does the inquisitor think people will rise?
(a) Because Jesus can't control them.
(b) They will want Jesus' power.
(c) They will need more food.
(d) Because they will not beleive in the church.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the cardinal say the church does that Jesus doesn't?

2. What does Alyosha think the Inquisition's secret aim is?

3. Who will finish the new Tower of Babel?

4. What mystery does Ivan say is guarded?

5. How does the grand inquisitor think Jesus created conscience?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the grand inquisitor say the freedom Jesus gives people is cruel?

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

3. What was the third temptation of Jesus by the spirit in the wilderness?

4. Why does Jesus kiss the grand inquisitor?

5. Why does the grand inquisitor say have Jesus followers left him?

6. Why does the grand inquisitor accuse Jesus of only caring for the strong?

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

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

9. Describe Alyosha's response to Ivan's poem.

10. What does the grand inquisitor add to the first question when he restates it to the prisoner?

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