Renaissance Dante's Inferno

reason?

• reason was the enemy of the Renaissance
• reason is a way to gain knowledge 
• reason is the opposite of humanism

What kind of people are taken to the 7th circle?

• Limbo
• Greedy
• Murderers
• Betrayers

Dante took a tour of "heck" writing about ___ circles.

• 3
• 7
• 9
• 12

Why is Virgil, the Roman Poet, in Limbo?

• He is a Pagan born before Christianity
• He committed the sin of lustful things
• Dante considers him a betrayer
• He was gluttonous and selfish

According to Dante, the worst of all sins is _____.

• Betraying their king/lord
• lying
• Violence/murder/911 terrorism
• kidnapping

religious faith

• not important in the Renaissance
• not important in the Middle Ages
• not part of Dante's Inferno
• not the same as heresy

Vernacular

• Latin based
• Greek based
• local food and religion
• local language

going to Dante's Inferno you would prefer to be 

• in a higher number circle
• in with Cleopatra
• in circle 1

The Divine Comedy by Dante

• funny jokes
• not a tragedy
• not about God or faith
• funny tragedy