Dante's Inferno- cantos 9, 24, 26, 34 review questions

How will Virgil and Dante leave the Inferno?

a narrow stream

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

fame

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

locked in ice

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, how was the mountain of Purgatory created?

the land Satan displaced when he fell from Heaven

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

three sinners

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

From The Divine Comedy, who is Dante's guide through Paradise?

Beatrice

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

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

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

By climbing down and up Satan's legs

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

Dante is moving up towards God

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

Dis

In what ways has Dante grown, as demonstrated by his climb?

He follows Virgil without fear and with faith

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

Based on lines 22-27, which words could best be used to describe Dante's mood? "Then how faint and frozen I became, reader, do not ask, for I do not write it, since any words would fail to be enough. It was not death, nor could one call it life. Imagine, if you have the wit, what I became, deprived of either state."

Horrified and Unsteady

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?

Phoenix

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 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, what does the opening line translate to? "Vexilla regis prodeunt inferni"

The banners of the king of hell advance

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