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Dante's Inferno

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where was Dante Alighieri from?
a)
France
b)
Italy
c)
Russia
d)
Greece
2.

Why was Dante exiled in 1302?

a)

illness

b)

famine

c)

choice

d)

political opinions

3.
What is the name of the three-part epic poem that Dante wrote during his exile?
a)
The Divine Comedy
b)
The Aeneid
c)
The Epic Trio
d)
The Eternal Three
4.
Dante's guide through hell is ___________.
a)
Virgil
b)
Julius Caesar 
c)
Jesus
d)
Satan
5.
Dante's Inferno is an ____________, a work of literature with both a literal meaning and symbolic meaning.
a)
epic poem
b)
antithesis
c)
allegory
d)
parable
6.
Dante created a Hell that depicted ___ circles.
a)
10
b)
7
c)
9
d)
8
7.
Why does Virgil reside in Limbo?
a)
He is a Pagan born before  Christianity
b)
He committed the sin of lust
c)
Dante considers him a betrayer
d)
He was a fallen demon
8.

According to Dante, the worst of all sins is _____.

a)

Treachery/Betrayal

b)

Fraud

c)

Violence/anger

9.
Who is Charon?
a)
Dante's guide
b)
the ferryman
c)
a fallen angel
d)
Hell's gate-keeper
10.
Which beast did NOT block Dante on his journey?
a)
Lion
b)
Wolf
c)
Tiger
d)
Leoopard
11.

Lucifer has six wings.

a)

True

b)

False

12.
What does Dante see that really shows him he is no longer in Hell at the end of this Canto?
a)
smiles on faces
b)
the sun rising
c)
a stream with fish
d)
stars in the sky
13.
The Divine Comedy is made up of 3 parts: 
a)
Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
b)
Inferno, Limbo, Paradiso
c)
Inferno, Purgatorio, Heaven
d)
Hell, Purgatory, Heaven
14.
What does Beatrice represent?
a)
Divine Love
b)
Happiness
c)
Beauty
d)
Dante's girlfriend
15.
Who represents human reason?
a)
Minos
b)
Virgil
c)
Dante
d)
Dis
16.
Circle 9 is covered in
a)
fire
b)
ice
c)
snickers
d)
darkness
17.
Who is the guy that is the judge of where the souls go in Hell?
a)
Minos
b)
Acheron
c)
Charon
d)
Dis
18.

At the beginning of the story, Dante finds himself lost in a?

a)

violent sea

b)

Burning plain

c)

Dark wood

d)

Blinding storm

19.

What is the meaning of "going astray"?

a)

He went blind

b)

he sinned

c)

he was exiled from Florence

d)

He lost his poetic talent

20.

When Dante tries to travel toward the beautiful mountain and leave the dark valley behind, what animal blocks his path at FIRST?

a)

She-wolf

b)

Lion

c)

Leopard

d)

Cheetah

21.

Who was the heavenly woman who was concerned about Dante and broke the strict decree?

a)

Beatrice

b)

Lucia

c)

Rachel

d)

Virgin Mary

22.

Dante's journey begins on

a)

Christamas eve

b)

All saints eve

c)

Good Friday

d)

Easter Sunday

23.

The rings of hell in Dante's vision

a)

are arranged in order in which the sins were committed in time

b)

sinners arranged in the chronological order of their lives

c)

contain only the contemporaries of Dante

d)

Are arranged in degrees of the evil of the sin

24.

____________ is the first ferryman on the river __________.

a)

Charon Acheron

b)

Charon Styx

c)

Cerebus Lethe

d)

Virgil Acheron

25.

Limbo is a place where

a)

souls are waiting to be judged and placed

b)

Souls who have lost their way and don't know they are dead

c)

Souls who died before Christ dwell

d)

souls that are on their way to heaven

26.

Who are the opportunist?

a)

People who looked for opportunities in their life

b)

People who never appreciate the opportunities that were presented to them in life

c)

People who were neither for good or bad, only themselves

d)

people in the 2nd circle

27.

How are the opportunist punished?

a)

Chasing an ever changing banner

b)

running naked being stung by bees and wasps

c)

maggots and worms eating the pus and blood from their wounds

d)

all of these answers

28.

According to Dante, how is hell shaped?

a)

a snake

b)

a funnel

c)

a series of boxes inside each other

d)

a diamond because of Satan's fight with the trinity

29.

What is the "vestibule of hell"?

a)

waiting area

b)

limbo

c)

the entrance to hell

d)

the way out

30.

What happens to the suicides?

a)

they are in a lake of boiling blood

b)

they are under the murky lake up to their eyeballs

c)

they are turned into flesh eating hounds

d)

they are turned into trees

31.

When Virgil and Dante reach the innermost layer of inferno, who do they see?

a)

the Virgin Mary

b)

Beatrice waiting to take them to heaven

c)

Satan

d)

The angel of death

32.

Who is in the mouth of Satan?

a)

Hitler, Stalin, Macbeth

b)

Judas, Brutus, Cassius

c)

Ceasar, Judas, Macbeth

d)

Hades, Judas, Cassius

33.

When Virgil explains that Satan "is still positioned as he was before./ On this side he fell down from heaven", he is explaining

a)

Why hell is so cold

b)

Why Satan cannot leave hell

c)

The way the earth was pierced when Satan fell

d)

The reason Satan is upside down

34.

How do the souls get assigned a certain circle?

a)

the harpies fly them there

b)

satan

c)

Centaur

d)

Minos

35.

What do the harpies look like?

a)

three headed dog

b)

a half man half horse

c)

a half man half goat

d)

a bird with human neck and face