Dante Inferno

Virgil appears to lead Dante back to the path of righteousness because

(A.) HE IS A FELLOW-POET.

(B.) BEATRICE ASKED HIM TO DO SO.

(C.) GOD TOLD HIM TO DO SO.

(B.) BEATRICE ASKED HIM TO DO SO.

Hell is made up of:

(A.) SEVEN CIRCLES.

(B.) NINE CIRCLES.

(C.) FIVE CIRCLES.

(B.) NINE CIRCLES.

As Dante descends into Hell, the sins that he comes across become

(A.) MORE SERIOUS.

(B.) LESS SERIOUS.

(C.) DIFFERENT, BUT OF THE SAME DEGREE IN THE EYES OF GOD.

(A.) MORE SERIOUS.

The souls who are stung by wasps outside of Hell are

(A.) THE NEUTRAL SOULS.

(B.) THE FALLEN ANGELS.

(C.) NON-CHRISTIANS, WHO WERE NOT ADMITTED INTO THE PLACES OF REWARD AND OF PUNISHMENT OF CHRISTIANITY.

(A.) THE NEUTRAL SOULS.

The first infernal river is the

(A.) COCYTUS.

(B.) ACHERON.

(C.) STYX.

(B.) ACHERON.

In Dante's system, murder is

(A.) LESS SERIOUS THAN FRAUD AND MORE SERIOUS THAN HERESY.

(B.) LESS SERIOUS THAN LUST AND MORE SERIOUS THAN FRAUD.

(C.) LESS SERIOUS THAN FLATTERY AND MORE SERIOUS THAN GLUTTONY.

(A.) LESS SERIOUS THAN FRAUD AND MORE SERIOUS THAN HERESY.

Minos is

(A.) A DEMON WHO GUARDS THE BARRATORS AND KEEPS THEM FROM GETTING OUT OF THE BOILING PITCH.

(B.) A DEMON WHO JUDGES THE GRAVITY OF THE SOULS' SINS.

(C.) HALF-BULL AND HALF-MAN, THE PRODUCT OF A BESTIAL LOVE BETWEEN PASIPHAE AND A BULL.

(B.) A DEMON WHO JUDGES THE GRAVITY OF THE SOULS' SINS.

Dante's attitude towards the sodomites is

(A.) SYMPATHETIC, SINCE HE TOO HAD A HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH VIRGIL.

(B.) DISDAINFUL, SINCE HE CONSIDERS THEIR SIN TO BE UNFORGIVABLE.

(C.) RESPECTFUL, SINCE HE HAD ADMIRED THEM DURING THEIR LIFETIMES.

(C.) RESPECTFUL, SINCE HE HAD ADMIRED THEM DURING THEIR LIFETIMES.

Dante was

(A.) A BLACK GUELF

(B.) A WHITE GUELF

(C.) A GHIBELLINE.

(B.) A WHITE GUELF

This meant that he favored

(A.) THE POPE, TO BRING RENEWED CHRISTIAN FAITH TO ITALY.

(B.) THE HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, TO STOP FACTIONALIST POLITICS IN ITALY.

(C.) A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THAT LATER ADOPTED BY FLORENCE.

(B.) THE HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, TO STOP FACTIONALIST POLITICS IN ITALY.

Dante's attitude towards Florence is

(A.) LOVING BUT BITTER.

(B.) MILDLY PATRIOTIC, BUT HE WAS MORE INTERESTED IN UNITING ALL OF ITALY UNDER THE EMPEROR.

(C.) VENGEFUL AND FULL OF HATRED.

(A.) LOVING BUT BITTER.

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

(A.) GOING HUNTING WITH TRAINED FALCONS.

(B.) READING A CHIVALRIC ROMANCE TOGETHER.

(C.) HE WAS RECOVERING FROM A WOUND FROM THE GUELF-GHIBELLINE WARS.

(B.) READING A CHIVALRIC ROMANCE TOGETHER.

The river that does not appear in the Inferno is

(A.) COCYTUS.

(B.) LETHE.

(C.) PHLEGETHON.

(B.) LETHE.

Dante's earth is

(A.) SQUARE.

(B.) ROUND.

(C.) DISC-SHAPED.

(B.) ROUND.

The sinners who are covered in flame are

(A.) THE LUSTFUL.

(B.) TRAITORS AGAINST THEIR KIN.

(C.) FRAUDULENT COUNSELORS.

(C.) FRAUDULENT COUNSELORS.

Which kinds of sins are considered least serious by Dante?

(A.) THOSE HAVING TO DO WITH VIOLENCE.

(B.) THOSE HAVING TO DO WITH MONEY.

(C.) THOSE RESULTING FROM INCONTINENCE.

(C.) THOSE RESULTING FROM INCONTINENCE.

Hell is

(A.) SHAPED LIKE A CONE.

(B.) SHAPED LIKE A DISC.

(C.) INCORPOREAL: IT EXISTS ONLY IN THE IMAGINATIONS OF THE SINNERS

(A.) SHAPED LIKE A CONE.

Dante thought Pope Boniface VIII would be damned for

(A.) SODOMY.

(B.) TREACHERY.

(C.) SIMONY.

(C.) SIMONY.

The Inferno was written during Dante's

(A.) EXILE FROM FLORENCE.

(B.) TRAVELS IN FRANCE.

(C.) IMPRISONMENT IN ROME.

(A.) EXILE FROM FLORENCE.

Dante wrote in

(A.) TUSCAN.

(B.) LATIN.

(C.) LITERARY ITALIAN.

(A.) TUSCAN.

Farinata is

(A.) A BARRATOR.

(B.) A HERETIC.

(C.) A GLUTTON.

(B.) A HERETIC.

The time Dante spends in Hell corresponds to

(A.) ALL SAINTS DAY.

(B.) THE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

(C.) THE DAYS BEFORE EASTER.

(C.) THE DAYS BEFORE EASTER.

The forest of twisted trees is in the

(A.) SECOND CIRCLE.

(B.) SEVENTH CIRCLE.

(C.) FIFTH CIRCLE.

(B.) SEVENTH CIRCLE.

Dante shows himself to be

(A.) OFTEN FRIGHTENED AND OFTEN FULL OF PITY, BUT WITH OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF UNBENDING HATRED.

(B.) OCCASIONALLY FRIGHTENED, BUT STRONG IN HIS FAITH: HE BELIEVES THAT JESUS LOVES HIM AND WON'T ABANDON HIM.

(C.) HEROIC AND UNFLINCHING IN THE SIGHT OF HORROR: THE HERO OF HIS OWN POEM, HE WAS ABLE TO DISGUISE THE FAULTS IN HIS CHARACTER.

(A.) OFTEN FRIGHTENED AND OFTEN FULL OF PITY, BUT WITH OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF UNBENDING HATRED.

Usurers are damned for

(A.) GREED.

(B.) FRAUD.

(C.) VIOLENCE.

(A.) GREED.

Who sent a guide for Dante's journey?

(A.) Dante's mother

(B.) Beatrice

(C.) Dante's father

(D.) Virgil

(B.) Beatrice

Dante faced what creatures when he reached the edge of the forest?

(A.) Cougar, Lynx, she wolf

(B.) leopard, cougar, she wolf

(C.) Lion, tiger, she wolf

(D.) Leopard, lion, she wolf

(D.) Leopard, lion, she wolf

The place where those who wait to be judged is called

(A.) Cheron

(B.) Pathos

(C.) Limbo

(D.) Styx

(C.) Limbo

The boat man who carries the doomed souls into hell is named...

(A.) Cheron

(B.) Minos

(C.) Cerberus

(D.) Virgil

(A.) Cheron

The sinners of lust were doomed to an eternity

(A.) being burned in the desert

(B.) being tossed around in a violent storm

(C.) trapped in the Styx Marsh

(D.) locked in the City Din

(B.) being tossed around in a violent storm

Above the gates of hell there is a sign that said to Abandon All

(A.) hope

(B.) strength

(C.) love

(D.) help

(A.) hope

Dante was filled with joy when Virgil called him...

(A.) savior

(B.) son

(C.) strong

(D.) saved

(B.) son

The gluttons were in hell for their love of ...

(A.) power

(B.) food

(C.) money

(D.) sex

(B.) food

The sinners who were in hell for love of money were called

(A.) squanderers and scrooges

(B.) greedy and loose

(C.) misers and squanderers

(D.) mourners and squalers

(C.) misers and squanderers

The theme of the Divine Comedy is MOST likely

(A.) That taking a long adventure needs a guide

(B.) that Dante wanted us all to have a good laugh at our enemys

(C.) To laugh at all your enemys

(D.) To evaluate your life and repent of your sins

(D.) To evaluate your life and repent of your sins

To which circle was the Roman dictator Julius Caesar condemned?

(A.) Second (Lust)

(B.) Fourth (Greed)

(C.) First (Limbo)

(D.) Fifth (Anger)

(C.) First (Limbo)

Which sinners were punished by having their heads turned backwards on their bodies?

(A.) Wicked priests

(B.) Sorcerers/ false prophets

(C.) Thieves

(D.) Overeaters

(B.) Sorcerers/ false prophets

What sin's punishment turns the condemned soul into a plant?

(A.) Lies

(B.) Heresy

(C.) Suicide

(D.) Lust

(C.) Suicide

Which circle's punishment forces the damned to push massive weights for all eternity?

(A.) Fourth (Greed)

(B.) Third (Gluttony)

(C.) Eighth (Fraud)

(D.) Seventh (Heresy)

(A.) Fourth (Greed)

What punishment awaits those trapped in the Third Circle (Gluttony)?

(A.) They lie blind and ignorant in the rain

(B.) Their entrails are connected to their mouths

(C.) Cerberus eats them

(D.) They are force fed for eternity

(A.) They lie blind and ignorant in the rain

What circle holds Alexander the Great?

(A.) First (Limbo)

(B.) Seventh (Violence)

(C.) Fifth (Anger)

(D.) Fourth (Greed)

(B.) Seventh (Violence)

In the Second Circle (Lust), which of the following trios of sinners are condemned to have their souls blown to and fro, without direction?

(A.) Cleopatra, Achilles, and Helen of Troy

(B.) Jason, Medea, and Hercules

(C.) Caligula, Pasiphae, and Oedipus

(D.) Electra, Saladin, and Morgan La Fey

(A.) Cleopatra, Achilles, and Helen of Troy

What is written on the Gates of Hell?

(A.) It gets so much worse

(B.) Abandon all hope, ye who enter here

(C.) Enter of your own free will

(D.) There is nothing for you here

(B.) Abandon all hope, ye who enter here

Which circle has the Minotaur acting as a guard?

(A.) Seventh (Violence)

(B.) Second (Lust)

(C.) Ninth (Betrayal)

(D.) Fifth (Anger)

(A.) Seventh (Violence)

In the center of Hell, frozen in ice and damned for betrayal against God, is Satan. Satan has three mouths which constantly chew three other sinners who were famous betrayers. One of them is Judas Iscariot. Who are the others?

(A.) Abbot and Costello

(B.) Laurel and Hardy

(C.) Brutus and Cassius

(D.) Martin and Lewis

(C.) Brutus and Cassius