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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What doesn't the inquisitor say is brought to together by the spirit's questions to Jesus?
2. How old is the cardinal?
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?
4. What does the girl do when she comes back to life?
5. Why does Ivan say, "there was nothing left but faith in what the heart doth say."
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the subject of Ivan's Literary Preface?
2. Why didn't Jesus use his powers to control man?
3. What happened the day before to 100 people declared as heretics?
4. Why does Ivan call Jesus' appearance a visit?
5. Why were the cardinals, the king and his court, the knights, and the whole population of Seville at the auto de fe?
6. What does Alyosha think of the old man's behavior?
7. Why does the crowd ask to be healed by the stranger?
8. Why doesn't the grand inquisitor want Jesus to add to his teachings?
9. How are the literary examples in Ivan's preface related?
10. What is the "new heresy" Ivan refers to in the "north of Germany?"
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does the grand inquisitor let Jesus go after promising to kill him? Why does Jesus kiss the Grand Inquisitor? Is the release of Jesus a result of the kiss? Does the grand inquisitor change his mind at the end of the story or continue to believe as he did.?
Essay Topic 2
Why does the crowd's behavior change toward Jesus, once the grandinquisitor appears? Identify how the crowd is feeling before Jesus is arrested. Do their feelings change, or just their behavior? What is their opinion of the grand inquisitor?
Essay Topic 3
Why does Alyosha disbelieve the grand inquisitor's character? What does Alyosha believe about the church? What do Alyosha's reactions to Ivan's story reveal about him? When the brother's part what is Alyosha thinking or feeling?
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