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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 does the inquisitor say will eventually happen?
2. What does the inquisitor say will happen to the new Tower of Babel?
3. What mystery does Ivan say is guarded?
4. What did the grand inquisitor believe when he was younger?
5. What does the cardinal think will lead man away from Jesus?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the grand inquisitor think bribing man with bread is useless?
2. Why does the grand inquisitor accuse Jesus of only caring for the strong?
3. How is the church giving people their freedom?
4. What does the grand inquisitor think man's rebellious nature will lead to?
5. What does the grand inquisitor add to the first question when he restates it to the prisoner?
6. What similarity is drawn about Catholics and Masons?
7. Why does Ivan say Catholics don't like Masons?
8. Why does Jesus deserve to be burned at the stake, according to the grand inquisitor?
9. Why does the grand inquisitor say the freedom Jesus gives people is cruel?
10. Why does the grand inquisitor think men fear freedom?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why did the author choose to set the story in Seville of the Inquisition as opposed to another time and place? What is significant about this setting? How does the setting come into play in the plot of Ivan's narrative? Where else could he have set the story?
Essay Topic 2
In the Grand Inquisitor, pairs of characters, Ivan and Alyosha, the inquisitor and Jesus, and Jesus and the devil meet separately. Compare and contrast these meetings. Is there a common theme between the pairs of characters or do they serve to contrast each other?
Essay Topic 3
Is the grand inquisitor's motivation to help the prisoner? Does he care about the prisoner or have any sympathy for him? What is his motivation in arresting the prisoner? Why does he come to the prisoner's cell and why does he come secretly at night?
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