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WorksheetsInferno Canto 5
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the deadly sin expressed in Canto 5?
a)
Greed
b)
Limbo
c)
Lust
d)
Treachery
2.
Which of these characters were spoken of in Canto 5?
a)
Judas Iscariot
b)
Achilles
c)
Dis
d)
Brutus
3.
"There _____ sits, grinning, grotesque, and hale."
a)
Virgil
b)
Tristan
c)
Minos
d)
Lucifer
4.
"The other is Dido, faithless to the ashes of Sichaeus, she killed herself for love." Suicide along with lust is a sin in Dante's Inferno.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Charon decides where souls are to be placed in Hell.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
How are the pairs of forbidden lovers punished in the Second Circle?
a)
By eternal separation from the beloved.
b)
By the black winds of the abysmal tempest.
c)
By the endless stings of wasps and hornets
d)
By the pitchforks of the devils.
7.
What is the name of the adulteress for whom Dante feels great pity?
a)
Helen
b)
Dido
c)
Beatrice
d)
Francesca
8.
"sinned in the flesh, ______ and lusty who betrayed reason to their appetite."
a)
the carnal
b)
the evil
c)
the miserable
d)
the soulless
9.
Who was Francesca married to?
a)
Lancelot
b)
Paolo
c)
Giovanni
d)
Tristan
10.
"Love led us to one death. In the depths of Hell Caina waits for him." Who is the speaker referring to?
a)
Paolo
b)
Giovanni
c)
Minos
d)
Lancelot
11.
What does the archetype Green that is expressed in Canto 5 mean?
a)
egoism; ambition; pride
b)
nostalgia; spirtuality
c)
chaos; the unknown
d)
hope; death and decay
12.
Did Dante refer to the couple in the name of love?
a)
True
b)
False
13.
"Dante went to the _____ ledge where punishment is _____"
a)
2nd and mildest
b)
cold and harsh
c)
innocent and pain
d)
rivers and inevitable
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