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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the guards take the prisoner?
(a) To the cardinal's chamber.
(b) To a secret location outside of town.
(c) To the cathedral.
(d) To the prison.

2. Before he is arrested in the story, what doesn't Jesus do?
(a) Heal a blind man.
(b) Appear in Seville.
(c) Preach a sermon.
(d) Heal a child.

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

4. What is hiding the dead girl?
(a) Shadows.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A veil.
(d) The coffin lid.

5. What does the inquisitor say man can not understand?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Evil.
(d) Truth.

6. Who in the crowd does Jesus Heal?
(a) All who come in contact with him.
(b) All who he loves.
(c) All who ask him.
(d) All who pray.

7. What does Alyosha ask Ivan about his story?
(a) Asks him to explain something
(b) He asks him to repeat someting.
(c) Asks what inspired it.
(d) Asks Ivan why he wrote it.

8. What does the grand inquisitor say happened to Jesus?
(a) He was asked three questions.
(b) He was taught prayers.
(c) He performed great miracles.
(d) He was blessed.

9. What religious character used as a character in fiction does Ivan NOT reference in his "Literary" Preface?
(a) God.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Virgin Mary.
(d) The Archangel Michael.

10. Who is the prisoner's visitor?
(a) The girl he healed.
(b) The king.
(c) The woman from the crowd.
(d) The cardinal.

11. When the people are silent before him what does the cardinal do?
(a) Demand their obedience.
(b) Bless them.
(c) Explain his actions.
(d) Preach a sermon.

12. What does the cardinal say earth's thinkers couldn't do?
(a) Understand Jesus' true teaching.
(b) Dicipher the true meaning of Jesus' temptation.
(c) Equal the force of the spirit's questions.
(d) Understand the three questions.

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

14. What does the inquisitor add to his stating of the three questions?
(a) More factual details.
(b) A quotation from scripture.
(c) A judgement about of man's nature.
(d) Ideas about modern science.

15. When does Ivan say religiously themed plays, chiefly from the Old Testament, stopped being performed in Moscow?
(a) At the start of WWII.
(b) Upon the return of Jesus.
(c) At the start of the Spanish Inquisition.
(d) Before the time of Peter the Great.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ivan say that Jesus appears in his tale?

2. What does the grand inquisitor say happened in the wilderness?

3. How does Jesus help the second person in the crowd?

4. What does the the grand inquisitor tell Jesus his fate will be the next day?

5. What author's work does Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?

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