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Inferno: Cantos 32-33-34

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the modern word for "thou"?

a)

Thee

b)

You

c)

Me

d)

Them

2.

What can signal the end of a complete thought in poetry?

a)

Period

b)

Comma

c)

End of the line

d)

Nothing

3.

What is the first punishment in the first layer of the 9th circle of hell?

a)

Being burned in coffins

b)

Everyone gets their heads chewed off

c)

Being frozen in an ice lake from the neck down

d)

Being poked by demons with pickforks

4.

Who is the first section of the 9th circle of hell named for?

a)

Cain - He betrayed and killed his brother Abel

b)

Judas - He betrayed Jesus

c)

Oedipus - He married his mother

d)

Satan - He's just bad

5.

What is one thing Dante accidentally does to a soul in the 9th circle of hell?

a)

Rip his hair out

b)

Trip over his face

c)

Chew on his head

d)

Mistakes him for his brother

6.

What is Count Ugolino doing to Archbishop Ruggieri while frozen in Hell?

a)

Head bashing him

b)

Chewing the back of his neck

c)

Screaming at him

d)

Nothing

7.

Who did Archbishop Ruggieri betray?

a)

Count Ugolino - his political ally

b)

Himself

c)

God

d)

His guests

8.

What happened to Count Ugolino's children?

a)

They starved to death and were mourned by their parent.

b)

They starved to death and were eaten by their starving father.

c)

They betrayed their father.

d)

They abandoned hope and committed suicide.

9.

Who does Dante address as "Master"?

a)

God the Father

b)

Count Ugolino, his political superior

c)

Any sinner he speaks to

d)

Virgil, his guide through hell and author of the Aeneid

10.

Can someone be in Hell before they die according to Dante?

a)

Yes

b)

No

11.

In general, what are all these sinners guilty of in the last (9th) circle of Hell?

a)

Murder

b)

Betrayal

c)

Adultery

d)

Lying

12.

Which one is Lucifer NOT chewing up?

a)

Brutus

b)

Cassius

c)

Judas

d)

Fidelius

13.

How many heads does Lucifer have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

14.

What makes Hell so cold?

a)

Lucifer's crying and waving wings

b)

Lucifer's temper tantrums and cold breath

c)

God's frigid wrath

d)

In Dante's geology, the center of the Earth is just cold.