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WorksheetsDante/Beowulf
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 33mins
Epic poems are (a) narratives
Who is the author of The Divine Comedy?
(a)
Who is the author of Beowulf?
(a)
What are the storytellers called from the Anglo-Saxon period?
(a)
Name the three parts of The Divine Comedy? (In English)
(a)
The Divine Comedy was written in what language?
(a)
What was the terza rima rhyme scheme?
(a)
Dante was (a) from Florence when he went to Rome to fight for the Pope.
Name one way Dante incorporated the number three in his epic.
In The Divine Comedy, the number three represents the (a) , which is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Even though Dante was married, he was in love with a woman named (a) .
What ironic name did Dante's wife take when she became a nun?
(a)
In Dante's Inferno, (a) was Dante's guide.
In real life, Virgil was a (a) .
What was the level called where Virgil lived?
(a)
Explain the allegorical meaning of The Divine Comedy.
The Divine Comedy is called a comedy because (a) .
Sin: Limbo
Punishment:
pushing heavy objects uphill.
blown about in a violent wind.
Eternal grief for not knowing God.
Being trapped in a vile slush with freezing rain.
Sin: Lust
Punishment:
Fighting one another in a river
Blown about in a violent wind.
Sinking in a river of boiling blood and fire.
Being torn apart into little pieces.
Sin: Gluttony
Punishment:
Stuck in a vile slush with freezing rain.
Eternal sorrow for not knowing God.
Pushing heavy objects uphill.
Being fully encased in ice.
Sin: Greed
Punishment:
Spending eternity in flaming tombs.
Wearing robes weighed down by lead.
Being infected with every plague.
Pushing heavy objects uphill then arguing.
Sin: Anger
Punishment:
Fighting in a river, barely above water.
Being chased and torn to pieces by dogs.
Living in a desert with burning sand and burning rain.
Being torn to pieces by demons.
Sin: Heresy
Punishment:
Being stuck in ice with only your head above surface.
Turning into trees or bushes and being fed upon by harpies.
Being chased by snakes.
Spending eternity in flaming tombs.
Sin: Violence
Punishment:
Being upside down, burning the feet.
sinking in a river of boiling blood and fire.
Being hacked away into pieces.
Wearing robes weighed down by lead.
Sin: Fraud
Punishment:
divided into 10 stony Bolgias, each one with a different punishment.
Being completely encased in ice.
Being blown about by a violent wind.
Experiencing eternal grief for not knowing God.
Sin: Treachery
Punishment:
All residents are frozen in an icy lake.
Pushing heavy objects uphill.
Being stuck in a vile slush with icy rain.
Spending eternity in a flaming tomb.
Beowulf dies at the end of the epic.
True
False
The hero of the epic poem Beowulf is (a)
(a) is the name of the dining hall in Beowulf.
There are three major battles in Beowulf. What are they?
The name of the King of the Danes is (a) .
A two-word phrase in place of a noun is called a (a) .
A battle-weed is a
(a)
A moor-mound is a (a) .
The man-eating monster who terrorizes Heorot for 12 years is called (a) .
The converse of words mean
(a)
Contrapasso means
(a)
