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WorksheetsCanto 1 & 3 Check In
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 28mins
Match each item from the text to its allegorical meaning.
Dante
All of humanity
Virgil
Spiritual guidance & reasoning
Lion
Sins of incontinence
Leopard
Sins of violence
She-Wolf
Sins of fraud
Match the following words to their definition.
Allegory
A work wear everything has a 2nd meaning
Allusion
Referring to something indirectly
Epic Hero
Brave & noble character in an epic poem
Didactic
Literature intended to teach
Symbolic Retribution
Concept where punishment matches sin
When is Canto 1 set?
1320 (Dante is 55)
Present Day
1350 (Dante is 85)
1300 (Dante is 35)
Which souls can be found in the vestibule of Hell?
Those who did not repent
The people with the worst sins
Those who stood with neither God nor Lucifer
Those who were not perfect
What do Dante & Virgil have to cross in order to get down to Hell?
The River of Dreams
The River Charon
The River Acheron
The River of the Damned
What is the meaning of the sign over the entrance of Hell?
Get ready to be tortured
Only the dead may enter
No one enters except through me
Unrepentant sinners will be punished forever
What must people do in order to not have to "wait at the gate" of Hell?
Do the right thing
Make a stand for God
Repent for their sins
Stay out of people's way
What theme is best exhibited in the opening lines of Canto 1?
“I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.”
Sin, Justice, Pity, Piety
Love
Language
Individual Fame
What theme is best exhibited in these lines from Canto 1?
"For the Emperor of that high Imperium
Wills not that I, once rebel to His crown,
Into that city of His should lead men home."
Sin, Justice, Pity, Piety
Love
Language
Paganism vs. Christianity
What theme is best exhibited in these lines from Canto 1?
"Canst thou be Virgil? Thou that fount of splendour
Whence poured so wide a stream of lordly speech?"
Paganism vs. Christianity
Language
Both of these
Neither of these
Based on the excerpt from Canto 1:
“And even as he, who with distressful breath, forth issued from the sea upon the
shore, turns to the water perilous and gazes so did my soul, that still was fleeing
onward, turn itself back to re-behold the pass”
What literary element is present?
Personification
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Based on the excerpt from Canto 3:
“Justice incited my sublime Creator; Created me divine
Omnipotence, The highest Wisdom and the primal Love.”
What literary device is used to convey God’s power over
Hell?
Personification
Simile
Euphemism
Imagery
Discuss the allegorical significance of Hell itself as it relates to Dante's society.
