Inferno Canto 3

The final line of the inscription above the gate to Hell reads:

• BEWARE OF THE IDES OF MARCH

• I HOLD WITH THOSE WHO FAVOR FIRE

• ABANDON ALL HOPE, YOU WHO ENTER HERE.

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When the souls in Hell are described as "wretched souls who've lost/The good of intellect" Virgil means that they lost:

• the ability to speak, so they will be forever silent

• sight of God, so they will never know happiness

• their patience, so they are angry and prone to violence

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

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Words such as "coil", "churns", and "swirl" (all used in Canto 3) are part of what prevalent motif of the Inferno?

• human reason needs divine love

• salvation comes from The Holy Trinity

• sins have eternal consequences

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The souls Dante and Virgil primarily encounter in Canto 3 are those of sinners who:

• acted only for their own benefit

• acted only for good

• acted only for evil

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

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Which is NOT part of the punishment for the Opportunists or Unsure in Canto 3?

• They must forever move in silence while bright lights shine into their eyes.

• They must forever remain outside of both Heaven and Hell.

• They must forever run behind a whirling banner and be bitten by insects.

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Who suffers alongside the souls of the Opportunists or Unsure in Canto 3?

• The angels who rebelled with Lucifer.

• The angels who stayed faithful to God.

• The angels who chose neither God nor Lucifer.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

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Which historical figure suffers among the souls of the Opportunists or Unsure in Canto 3?

• Pope Celestine V

• Homer

• Sophocles

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What is the symbolic significance of the maggots feeding on the blood and tears of the Opportunists/Unsure?

• Those who fought for neither good nor evil never set attainable goals.

• Those who fought for neither good nor evil caused Italy to suffer.

• Those who fought for neither good nor evil struggled with guilt while alive.

Who is Charon?

• An old man who ferries souls of the dead across Acheron, the first river in Hell.

• An old man who neither enjoyed nor despised the poetry of Virgil.

• An old man who gave up his religious title due to political pressures.

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What do Charon's eyes resemble?

• empty tombs

• large rubies

• wheels of fire

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