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Dante and Inferno

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It means “three-lined stanza” in Italian.

(a)  

2.

These were the 3 wild beasts met by Dante in the darkwoods.

(a)  

3.

How did Dante describe Inferno aside from seeing it as an inverted cone?

(a)  

4.

Who are transformed into thorny bushes?

a)

blasphemers

b)

sodomites

c)

suicides

d)

murderers

5.

They are blown to and fro by violent storm wind.

a)

usurers

b)

lustful

c)

pagans

d)

gluttons

6.

This is the river of boiling blood.

a)

Styx

b)

Cocytus

c)

Acheron

d)

Phlegethon

7.

They are trapped in flaming tombs.

(a)  

8.

The group pushes a great weight against the heavy weight of others.

(a)  

9.

Who guards the violent?

a)

Centaurs

b)

Cerberus

c)

Minotaurs

d)

Plutus

10.

Who are not punished in active sense?

a)

Gluttons

b)

Violent against Nature

c)

Slothful

d)

Limbo

11.

Who are violent against nature?

a)

Sodomites

b)

Usurer

c)

Blasphemes

d)

Sullen

12.

When did the episodes start in Dante's dream?

(a)  

13.

Where are the outcasts, opportunists, and uncommitted found?

(a)  

14.

What is the main theme of Divine Comedy?

(a)  

15.

Divine Comedy's Meaning: Love for God will complement human love in eternal search for happiness.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE