| Question | Answer |
| Who was the first bishop of New Spain (colonial Mexico) and consequently the first to engage in inquisitorial proceedings? | Fray Juan de Zumárraga |
| Punishments for similar crimes were similar regardless of the social/ethnic/racial status of the accused? | false |
| What religious position had the power to engage in inquisitorial procedures before the formal founding of the Inquisition in colonial Mexico? | bishop |
| What name best describes the inquisitorial procedures before the formal arrival of a papally sanctioned court? | apostolic inquisition |
| Inquisition courts were composed of several inquisitors who served as judges on the tribunal. After gathering information on the crime how did they reach their verdicts? | all members cast a vote |
| Both the Spanish and Mexican Inquisitions recognized torture as viable practice in their procedure. What was the 'official' rationale behind using torture in Inquisition procedure? | verify truthfulness |
| Indigenous people were subject to the formal Mexican Inquisition | false |
| Modern judicial systems contain many rights for the accused. However, so did the Inquisition, which of the following rights was NOT given to defendants of the Mexican Inquisition? | presumption of innocence |
| Mexico lacked a formal inquisition for many decades before the pope authorized the creation of a formal inquisition modeled on its Spanish counterpart. In what year was this Mexican Inquisition founded? | 1571 |
| Finally, which of the following groups prosecuted by the Inquisition in Spain were not prosecuted in Mexico? | they all were |