dante inferno final

1. Why does Virgil tell Dante he will lead him through Hell and Purgatory?

Because Beatrice asked him to do it.

2. Hell is made up of

9 circles

3. As Dante descends into Hell, the sins become

More serious

4. The souls stung by wasps outside of Hell are

Neutral souls who chose neither good nor evil

5. In Dante’s system, murder is

Less serious than fraud and more serious than heresy

6. Minos is

A demon who judges the seriousness of the soul’s sins

7. Dante’s attitude toward sodomites is

Respectful, solemn

8. Dante was a

White Guelph

9. Dante’s political ideals favored

The Holy Roman Emperor to stop political fighting in his country

10. Francesca da Rimini and Paolo fell in love while

Reading a chivalric romance together

11. Dante’s Earth is

Round

12. The sinners covered in flames are

Fraudulent counselors

13. The least serious sins to Dante are

Those resulting from a lack of self-control

14. Hell is shaped like a

Cone

15. Dante thought Pope Boniface VIII would be damned for

Simony

16. The Inferno was written during Dante’s

Exile from Florence

17. Dante wrote in

Italian

18. Farinata is

A heretic

19. Dante’s time in Hell corresponds to

The day before Easter

20. The forest of twisted trees is in the

7th circle

21. Dante shows himself to be

Occasionally frightened, but strong in his faith

22. Usurers are in what circle?

Violence

23. The Divine Comedy is divided into three equal sections called

Inferno, Paradiso, Purgatoria

24. Each section of The Divine Comedy is comprised of

33 cantos

25. The Divine Comedy is comprised of

14,233 lines

26. The entire poem is written in

Terza Rima

27. Dante felt that his rhyme scheme represented

The Holy Trinity

28. The poem’s rhythm is

Hendecasyllabic

29. The specific rhythm includes

11 syllables with the 6th and 10th syllables stressed

30. In The Inferno, there are 9 circles plus a final punisher

Lucifer

31. Dante faints in the circle of

Lust

32. A central idea in The Inferno is

All of the above (Sin, Punishment, Politics and the Church)

33. Dante wrote several poems for his muse

Beatrice

34. Dante was exiled from

Florence

35. The first circle of Hell is

Limbo