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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the cardinal doing the day before the prisoner is arrested?
(a) Presiding over the auto de fe.
(b) Researching scripture.
(c) On a holiday.
(d) Training bishops for service.

2. Why does the grand inquisitor ask the prisoner to imagine the questions were forgotten?
(a) So he could invent better ones.
(b) So he could accept new ones.
(c) So he would eventually forget them.
(d) So he could imagine their recreation.

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

4. Why was the cardinal wearing different clothes the day before Jesus heals the blind girl?
(a) He was performing his public duties.
(b) He changes clothes everyday.
(c) His other clothes were dirty.
(d) He was on vacation.

5. What religious character used as a character in fiction does Ivan specifically reference in his "Literary" Preface?
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) The archangel Michael.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is like "lightning flashing from east to west"?

2. What breaks Ivan's Narrative?

3. What city does Ivan's story about the Grand Inquisitor take place in?

4. What is the cardinal's immediate reaction upon witnessing the scene outside the Cathedral?

5. What prompts the woman of the dead child to ask Jesus for help?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ivan's manner the first time Alyosha stops to question him.

2. Why does Ivan suggest some people's faith in Jesus become stronger?

3. Describe the grand inquisitor's manner of speech to the prisoner.

4. Why does Jesus appear at the specific time and place in Spain?

5. What does Alyosha think of the old man's behavior?

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

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

8. How does Our Lady feel when she sees sinners in the burning lake?

9. What is the "new heresy" Ivan refers to in the "north of Germany?"

10. What happened the day before to 100 people declared as heretics?

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