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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Temptation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the scene in front of the cathedral does the cardinal witness?
(a) A man's sight being restored.
(b) A man asking to be healed.
(c) A girl coming back to life.
(d) Jesus appearing.

2. What is like "lightning flashing from east to west"?
(a) The wrath of God.
(b) The end of time.
(c) Jesus' eyes.
(d) The return of Jesus.

3. How does Jesus help the second person in the crowd?
(a) He helps a man escape torture.
(b) He brings a girl back to life.
(c) He allows a blind man to see.
(d) He forgives a woman's sins.

4. Where does Jesus stop to meet the mother of the dead child?
(a) At the market.
(b) Across from the cemetery.
(c) In the street.
(d) On the steps of the cathedral.

5. What author's work doesn't Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?
(a) Dante.
(b) Victor Hugo.
(c) Dostoevsky.
(d) Tyutchev.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman of the dead child do when asking Jesus for help?

2. What does the inquisitor say people will build?

3. According to Ivan, what do the characters Our Lady and God discuss in "The Wanderings of Our Lady through Hell"?

4. Where do the guards take the prisoner?

5. What does the inquisitor say people will destroy?

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