BEOWULF AND DIVINNE COMEDY

Q1. Who wrote Divine Comedy?

A1. Dante

Q2. What kind of work is Divine Comedy?

A2. A long Italian poem

Q3. Into how many parts is Divine Comedy divided?

A3. Three (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso)

Q4. How many total cantos are in Divine Comedy?

A4. 100

Q5. Who guides Dante through Hell and Purgatory?

A5. Virgil

Q6. Who guides Dante through Heaven?

A6. Beatrice

Q7. Who was the Florentine woman Dante admired since childhood?

A7. Beatrice

Q8. How many circles is Hell made up of?

A8. 9 circles

Q9. As Dante descends into Hell

how do sins appear?, A9. More serious

Q10. The souls stung by wasps outside Hell are...

A10. The Neutral souls

Q11. The first infernal river is...

A11. Acheron

Q12. In Dante's system

murder is..., A12. More serious than heresy

Q13. Who judges the gravity of souls' sins?

A13. Minos

Q14. Dante's attitude towards sodomites?

A14. Respectful

Q15. Which term did Dante use for himself?

A15. A White Guelf

Q16. Dante's attitude towards Florence?

A16. Loving but bitter

Q17. Francesca da Rimini and her husband's brother fell in love while...

A17. Reading a chivalric romance together

Q18. Dante's earth is...

A18. Round

Q19. The sinners covered in flame are...

A19. Fraudulent counselors

Q20. Least serious sins according to Dante?

A20. Those resulting from incontinence

Q21. Hell is shaped like a...

A21. Cone

Q22. Pope Boniface VIII would be damned for...

A22. Simony

Q23. The Inferno was written during Dante's...

A23. Exile from Florence

Q24. Dante wrote in what writing style?

A24. Tuscan

Q25. Farinata is a...

A25. Heretic

Q26. Dante's time in Hell corresponds to...

A26. Days after Death

Q27. The forest of twisted trees is in the...

A27. 7th Circle

Q28. Dante shows himself to be...

28. Full of pity

Q29. Usurers are damned for...

A29. Greed

Q30. Beowulf's reason for coming to Denmark?

A30. For fame

Q31. How does Grendel die?

A31. Arms torn from his socket

Q32. What was Grendel?

A32. A monster

Q33. Before Beowulf's arrival

Hrothgar's people sacrificed..., A33. Their old stone gods

Q34. In Beowulf

the visitors to the Danish mead-hall are..., A34. Geats

Q35. Beowulf defeats Grendel with his...

A35. Powerful grip

Q36. Why are Beowulf's followers' knives powerless against Grendel?

A36. Grendel had put a spell on their weapons

Q37. What does Beowulf do when he meets Hrothgar?

A37. He boasts of his exploits

Q38. Where is Beowulf from?

A38. Geatland

Q39. Who are the Scyldings?

A39. Hrothgar's warriors

Q40. What jealous character taunts Beowulf during the festivities in Heorot?

A40. Unferth

Q41. In Heorot

Beowulf tells how he defeated his childhood friend Breca in what competition?, A41. A swimming race

Q42. What is Grendel's mother's name?

A42. Anglaecwif (also called merewif, meaning "water-witch")

Q43. Who was Aeschere

whom Grendel's mother abducted and decapitated?, A43. Hrothgar's most trusted advisor

Q44. After Hrothgar's death

who became king?, A44. Beowulf

Q45. Who is the author of Beowulf?

A45. Anonymous

Q46. Beowulf contains both Pagan and Christian elements. What must the author have been?

A46. Christian

Q47. Beowulf received a mortal wound while killing a...

A47. Dragon