Dante Quiz 13 (20 MCQs)

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1. What assignment did he obtain, in 1300, in the Municipality of Florence?

Correct Answer: C) In the former.

2. Dante was ..... because of his political beliefs.

Correct Answer: A) Exiled.

3. What is Dante most known for?

Correct Answer: D) The Divine Comedy.

4. The quote "take then henceforth thy pleasure for guide" comes from which text?

Correct Answer: D) The Divine Comedy.

5. In The Inferno, Cerberus is the protector of which circle of hell?

Correct Answer: B) The circle of gluttony.

6. You could tell the girl was nervous about speaking in front of the class because of her ..... voice and hands.

Correct Answer: A) Tremulous.

7. Dante begins writing the Commedia in

Correct Answer: A) 1304.

8. When did Dante Alighieri live?

Correct Answer: A) 1265-1321.

9. What are the names of the stanzas that make up the structure of the work?

Correct Answer: C) Dearest.

10. How many TOTAL songs does the DIVINE COMEDY consist of?

Correct Answer: D) 100.

11. How are Dante and Virgil feeling when Canto 9 begins?

Correct Answer: C) Afraid.

12. In chp 5 what poet does Ari read?

Correct Answer: B) William Carlos William.

13. The Inferno is made up of 34 ..... (kind of like chapters).

Correct Answer: A) Cantos.

14. What did the main character do?

Correct Answer: C) Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.

15. What is the main theme of Petrarch's Canzoniere?

Correct Answer: C) The love.

16. How old is Ari at the start of the book?

Correct Answer: B) 15.

17. X 36

Correct Answer: A) 8, 856.

18. Where was Dante Alighieri born?

Correct Answer: C) Florence.

19. What is inscribed on the gate of hell?

Correct Answer: D) Abandon hope all ye who enter here.

20. Dante Alighieri was born in

Correct Answer: A) Florence.Ravenna.