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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. Where is the prison?

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

3. Why is Jesus' appearance deemed a visit?

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

5. How does the crowd respond to the prisoner's arrest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the grand inquisitor's attitude to the three questions that tempted Jesus.

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

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

4. Why does Ivan suggest some people's connection in Jesus began to dwindle?

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

6. Why does the inquisitor think the three questions are important?

7. What is the subject of Ivan's Literary Preface?

8. Why does the crowd flock to Jesus?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick two literary references from Ivan's literary preface and compare and contrast them. Why did the author include this reference? What is the significance of the reference?

Essay Topic 2

How do the philosophies of Jesus and the grand inquisitor differ? Compare and contrast the two philosophies.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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