LAN1000--Dante's Inferno Test

In The Inferno, Canto 4, which type of souls dwell in Limbo?

Virtuous Pagans People who believed in God but lived before Christ came Unbaptized Infants

Which literary device is a phrase or image that has a double meaning? It can be understood on a literal level but also a symbolic level.

allegory

In The Inferno, Canto 4, based on your knowledge of archetypal imagery, describing Limbo as a "blind world" indicates that it is filled with souls who...

lack knowledge of the truth

Virgil

the Aeneid

In The Inferno, Canto 1, what reason does Dante give for sharing his experience, even though it was terrifying?

to share the good he found

Ovid

wrote Elegy and Metamorphoses

Lucan

wrote the Pharsalia

Horace

"the satirist"; the Epsitles

Homer

"the sovereign poet"; Odyssey and Illiad

In The Inferno, which number appears again and again as a way to point the readers to God?

3

In The Inferno, Canto 34, what does Satan have in his three mouths?

3 sinners (Judas, Brutus, and Cassius, all known for their betrayals)

In The Inferno, Canto 34, how many sections of Circle 9 exist?

4

In The Inferno, how many circles of Hell exist?

9

As seen in The Inferno, what is the name for the literary device that is an exclamatory speech addressed to someone or something that can not answer back?

Apostrophe

In The Inferno, Canto 26, How are Ulysses's words to his men similar to the serpent in the Garden?

Both claim that turning away from a desire is a denial of self. Both twist good ideas and words as a manipulation. Both insist on pursuing forbidden knowledge.

In The Inferno, Canto 34, how do Virgil and Dante escape Dis?

By climbing up and down Satan's legs

What is the literary term for grammatical constructs or ideas which are repeated in reverse order and is named after the Greek letter chi, which looks like an X?

Chiasmus

In The Inferno, Canto 2, what vice does Virgil accuse Dante of displaying as they are in the entrance of Hell?

Cowardice

In The Inferno, Canto 34, what is the symbolic significance of the last word: stars?

Dante is moving upward toward God

In The Inferno, Canto 9, what is the name of the city that encompasses Circles 6-9 and holds Satan.

Dis

In The Inferno, Canto 3, what drives the souls to step onto Charon's boat and cross into Hell?

Divine Justice

As seen in The Inferno, the Italian word "contrapasso" means...

Divine Punishment

In The Inferno, Canto 24, Dante and Virgil have to climb the ruins of a bridge and the work is difficult, leaving Dante exhausted. What, according to Virgil, will be lost if Dante gives in to sloth and remains on the ground, recovering from his climb?

Fame

In The Inferno, Canto 24, what, according to Virgil, is necessary to make a lasting mark on the world?

Fame

In The Inferno, Canto 2, why is Beatrice not afraid to enter the Inferno and summon Virgil?

God's grace makes her untouchable

In The Inferno, Canto 26, Dante sees a horrible sight of sinners flying through the air encased in fire, but he does not describe it in detail. What does this choice display about Dante's character?

He desires to be less prideful.

In The Inferno, Canto 2, Dante's guide says, "Why do you delay? ... Why are you not more spirited and sure?" Why does the guide expect Dante to be courageous?

He has three blessed ladies looking after him AND He has a knowledgeable guide

In The Inferno, Canto 24, Vanni Fucci gives Dante a prediction about Florence. Why did Fucci reveal this prophecy to Dante?

He wants to cause Dante a small amount of the suffering he feels

In The Inferno, Canto 34, how was the mountain of Purgatory created?

It was the land Satan displaced when he fell from Heaven.

In The Inferno, Canto 3, according to the inscription above the door to the Inferno, which attribute of God moved Him to create this place?

Justice

In The Inferno, Canto 34, how is Satan trapped?

Locked in ice

In The Inferno, Canto 1, we can see Dante the Pilgrim as an allegorical representation for...

Mankind

In The Inferno, Canto 2, which three heavenly ladies does Dante learn are looking out for him?

Mary; Beatrice; Lucy

In The Inferno, Canto 9, Virgil covers Dante's eyes when the head of Medusa appears. What classical work might this be a reference to?

Odysseus had his men tie him to the mast to resist the sirens

In The Inferno, Canto 4, Dante sees Plato and Aristotle, who are known for being...

Philosophers

In The Inferno, Canto 24, which mythical creature is Vanni Fucci compared to?

Phoenix

In The Inferno, Canto 4, which type of soul in Limbo does Dante describe as men with honor?

Poets

In The Inferno, Canto 9, if Virgil is an allegory to represent Human Reason, what might this incident at the gate of Dis reveal?

Reason can not take you far without faith

In The Inferno, Canto 26, which word best describes the tone in Dante's address to Florence: "Take joy, O Florence, for you are so great / your wings beat over land and sea, / your fame resounds through Hell!"

Sarcastic

In The Inferno, Canto 36, Dante compares Satan's wings to sails on a ship. Why is this ironic?

Satan can never move anywhere

In The Inferno, Canto 34, which literary device is being used in these lines to describe Satan's wings? "They had no feathers but looked just like a bat's, / And he kept flapping these wings up and down"

Simile

In The Inferno, Canto 34, what does the opening line translate to? "Vexilla regis prodeunt inferni"

The banners of the king of hell advance.

In The Inferno, Canto 4, what does Dante learn can rescue a soul from Limbo?

The divine work of God

At the beginning of The Inferno, Canto 1, Dante is lost in a dark wood. This dark wood is most likely an allegory for...

The experience of living apart from God's laws

In The Inferno, Canto 9, who flies over the gates holding the head of Medusa?

The furies

From The Divine Comedy, what does the mountain of Purgatory represent?

The penitent Christian life

In The Inferno, Canto 24, what type of sin is being punished by attacking, venomous snakes.

Thieves

In The Inferno, Canto 3, which type of sinners are held in the vestibule and punished by endlessly being whipped around by wind and forced to aimlessly follow a banner?

Those who refused to join any cause