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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ivan mean when he says, "fifteen centuries since man has ceased to see signs from heaven"?
2. How old is the cardinal?
3. In the Inquisition, who controlled penances?
4. What was the cardinal doing the day before the prisoner is arrested?
5. What religious historical event, "in the north of Germany" is called, "a terrible new heresy."
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the grand inquisitor believe about people's freedom?
2. What is the subject of Ivan's Literary Preface?
3. Why does the cardinal come to the prisoner's room alone and in the night?
4. What does the cardinal do once he is shut in the room with the prisoner?
5. How is Jesus tempted in the story?
6. What does Alyosha think of the old man's behavior?
7. What is the grand inquisitor's judgment about Jesus' response to the temptation?
8. What is the purpose of the spirit's questions to Jesus In the wilderness?
9. What is the "new heresy" Ivan refers to in the "north of Germany?"
10. Why does the crowd flock to Jesus?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the Grand Inquisitor, pairs of characters, Ivan and Alyosha, the inquisitor and Jesus, and Jesus and the devil meet separately. Compare and contrast these meetings. Is there a common theme between the pairs of characters or do they serve to contrast each other?
Essay Topic 2
Does the grand inquisitor believe in the prisoner's guilt or is he arresting him for another reason? What are the reasons the grand inquisitor might arrest a prisoner for? Does the grand inquisitor need to guard his motives for arresting prisoners? Why and how might he guard them?
Essay Topic 3
Based upon his speech in the prison, write about the effects the grand inquisitor believes a reappearance of Jesus would have on 16th century citizens and Christianity.
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