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

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

3. How does the crowd respond to the prisoner's arrest?
(a) They cheer the cardinal.
(b) The protest.
(c) The try to free him.
(d) They bow down to the cardinal.

4. Why does Ivan say that Jesus appears in his tale?
(a) To appear for a moment as the people sunk in iniquity.
(b) His tale takes place at "the end of time."
(c) To stop the Inquisition.
(d) Jesus is returning as he promised.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the guards take the prisoner?

2. What does the prisoner's visitor carry in his hand?

3. Who isn't present in the girl's funeral?

4. What character is speaking when the story begins?

5. What does the cardinal say earth's thinkers couldn't do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Jesus tempted in the story?

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

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

5. Why does the inquisitor think the three questions are important?

6. Why does the cardinal come to the prisoner's room alone and in the night?

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

8. Why were the cardinals, the king and his court, the knights, and the whole population of Seville at the auto de fe?

9. Why didn't Jesus use his powers to control man?

10. How does the little girl feel when she comes back to life?

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