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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Three Temptations of Christ.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ivan, did Jesus have any physical presence on earth in the 16th Century?
(a) Yes, but only as a character in literary fiction.
(b) Yes, he visited holy men as recorded in their writing.
(c) Yes, but only in his story of The Grand Inquistor.
(d) No, just in the hearts and mind of beleivers.

2. What city does Ivan's story about the Grand Inquisitor take place in?
(a) Seville.
(b) Paris.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Moscow.

3. What does the inquisitor ask the prisoner to judge?
(a) If the spirit who questioned him was right.
(b) If the cardinal had sinned.
(c) If the inquisitor was right to judge him.
(d) The cardinal's holliness.

4. How does the cardinal think Jesus would hinder his work?
(a) Trying to get him fired.
(b) Asking him too many questions.
(c) Protesting for religous freedom.
(d) Focusing religious attention on himself.

5. Who isn't traveling with the cardinal?
(a) The queen.
(b) The "holy guard."
(c) Slaves.
(d) His assistants.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the prisoner look at the grand inquisitor when he is being accused in his cell?

2. What do the guards do with the prisoner?

3. Why does the crowd tremble in obedience to the cardinal?

4. When the people are silent before him what does the cardinal do?

5. In the Inquisition what are penances?

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