4.13.F - Lesson: Reading Check Cantos 9, 24, and 26

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' words to his men similar to the Serpent in the Garden?

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

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

Fame

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 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 24, which mythical creature is Vanni Fucci compared to?

Pheonix

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 described 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 24, what type of sin is being punished by attacking, venomous snakes.

Thieves