Dante's Inferno
Authored by KAYLA BULLOCK
English
10th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz comprehensively assesses students' knowledge of Dante Alighieri's *Inferno*, the first part of *The Divine Comedy*, which is appropriate for grades 10-12 in high school English literature courses. The questions evaluate both foundational knowledge about the epic poem's structure, characters, and literary elements, as well as deeper understanding of Dante's moral philosophy and symbolic representations. Students need to demonstrate recall of key plot points, character relationships, and geographical features of Dante's Hell, while also grasping the underlying themes of divine justice, moral consequences, and spiritual salvation. The quiz requires students to understand the hierarchical organization of Hell's nine circles, the significance of various mythological figures like Virgil, Charon, and Minos, and Dante's classification of sins from incontinence to violence to fraud and treachery. To succeed, students must have read the text carefully and understood both its literal narrative structure and its allegorical meaning as a journey toward spiritual enlightenment. Created by Kayla Bullock, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 10-12. This assessment serves as an excellent tool for measuring student comprehension after completing a unit on medieval literature and Dante's masterwork specifically. The quiz functions effectively as a summative assessment following classroom discussions and close reading activities, or as a comprehensive review before a major test on *The Divine Comedy*. Teachers can utilize this as a formative assessment to identify areas where students need additional support in understanding complex allegorical literature, or assign it as homework to reinforce key concepts from class lectures and reading assignments. The questions align with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4, as they require students to cite textual evidence, determine themes and summarize key supporting details, and interpret figurative language and symbolic meanings within this foundational work of world literature.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who guides Dante through Hell
Beatrice
Pope
Virgil
Charon
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Dante's inferno was written by...
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.K.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What language was Dante's Inferno written in?
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of genre is Dante's Inferno?
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the name of the work that Dante's Inferno is part of?
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
According to Dante's moral reasoning in Inferno, one's experiences in the afterlife are based upon one's ____________ while on earth.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Satan resides in what layer of hell
3rd
5th
9th
10th
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
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