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A Not So Daunting Dante Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who sent the guide to Dante?

a)

Beatrice

b)

Cleopatra

c)

his mother

2.

Where do the opportunists and non- committed spend their eternity?

a)

Vestibule of Hell

b)

Circle One

c)

Circle Two

3.

Which people had no punishment but no hope of paradise because they were never baptized?

a)

lustful & carnal

b)

opportunists & non- committed

c)

pagans & virtuous heros

4.
Where was Dante born?
a)
Bologna, Italy
b)
Florence, Italy
c)
Rome, Italy
d)
Ravenna, Italy
5.
Sins of passion ______ sins of intellect.
a)
>
b)
<
6.

What is the definition of retribution?

a)

being morally corrupt

b)

a mass of bubbles

c)

punishing someone; vengeance

d)

an excessive amount of something

7.
What type of genre is Dante's Inferno?
a)
Novel
b)
Non-fiction
c)
Play
d)
Epic poem
8.
What language was Dante's Inferno written in?
a)
Italian
b)
English
c)
Latin
d)
French
9.
According to Dante's moral reasoning in Inferno, one's experiences in the afterlife are based upon one's ____________ while on earth.
a)
goodness
b)
choices
c)
good intentions
d)
earthly riches
10.

In Dante's Inferno, what is the punishment in the First Circle of Hell?

a)

To eternally chase a whirling standard

b)

To eternally be tossed around by a howling wind

c)

To live eternally without hope of God's grace

d)

To eternally roll huge rocks against each other

11.

In Dante's Inferno, what is the fate of the spiritual thieves that attempted to 'see beyond'?

a)

To walk with their heads on upside down, deaf

b)

To walk on their hands forever

c)

To have their eyes pulled out and eaten

d)

To walk with their heads backwards, crying

12.

Which of the following options correctly lists the first 5 circles of sinners in descending order?

a)

1) Virtuous pagans 2) Carnal sinners 3) The Gluttonous

4) The Avaricious & Prodigal 5) The Wrathful and the Sullen

b)

1) Carnal sinners 2) The Gluttonous 3) The Wrathful and the Sullen 4) The Avaricious & Prodigal 5) Virtuous pagans

c)

1) Carnal sinners 2) The Gluttonous 3) Virtuous pagans

4) The Avaricious & Prodigal 5) The Wrathful and the Sullen

13.

Divine retribution for those who committed sins of __ is being blown about in a violent storm, without hope of rest.

a)

lust

b)

avarice

c)

wrath

d)

heresy

14.

Divine retribution for those who committed sins of __ is being trapped in a flaming tombs.

a)

Gluttony

b)

Avarice

c)

Wrath

d)

Heresy

15.

Divine retribution for these sinners is walking eternally around a narrow track wearing gilded robes lined with lead.

a)

Pimps and seductresses

b)

Flatterers

c)

Simonists

d)

Hypocrites