This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Dante > Dante – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dante Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do the souls get assigned a certain circle? A) The harpies fly them there. B) Satan. C) Centaur. D) Minos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minos. 2. Dante's politics A) It is on the side of the people. B) It is on the side of the nobility. C) Claims Charles of Valois. D) Holds Boniface VIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is on the side of the people. 3. In which year does Dante's imaginary journey take place? A) In 1265, the year of Dante's birth. B) In 1300, the year of the Jubilee. C) In 1290, the year of the death of his beloved Beatrice. D) In 1302, the year of Dante's exile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In 1300, the year of the Jubilee. 4. In De Monarchia, what language does Dante primarily use? A) English. B) Latin. C) Italian. D) Tuscan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latin. 5. What faction was Dante Alighieri part of? A) Ghibellines. B) White Guelphs. C) Black Guelphs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White Guelphs. 6. What is the more precise meaning of the expression "spotted ''? A) Kneeling. B) Seen with effort. C) Viewed from afar. D) Greeted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seen with effort. 7. You are at a party and overhear someone say "That FIT is fire!" "FIT" is an example of ..... A) Dialect. B) Vernacular. C) Racial entomology. D) Calcification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vernacular. 8. Who was the silent companion in the play? A) Jesus Christ. B) Beatrice. C) Diomedes. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diomedes. 9. What warning does Minos give that is later ignored by Dante? A) Do not enter this circle of hell. B) Do not to speak to the sinners. C) Do not have pity on the sinners. D) Do not look at Satan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do not have pity on the sinners. 10. According to Dante, which class of people reside on the planet Mars? A) The wise. B) The warriors of faith. C) The justice rulers. D) The contemplative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The warriors of faith. 11. In The Paradiso, who questions Dante about hope? A) Saint James. B) Saint John. C) Saint Peter. D) Saint Thomas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saint James. 12. The souls who are stung by wasps outside of Hell are A) Non-Christians. B) Fallen angels. C) Those who would not pick a side, either good or evil. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Those who would not pick a side, either good or evil. 13. Which river runs through Hell A) River of hell. B) River of styx. C) River of satan. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) River of styx. 14. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WORKS IS A POLITICAL TREATY IN LATIN? A) NEW LIFE. B) CONVIVIAL. C) ON VULGAR SPEECH. D) OF MONARCHY. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) OF MONARCHY. 15. The "Divine Comedy" written by Dante Alighieri, tells the story of .....? A) Virgil's journey for salvation. B) Dante's journey to save Virgil. C) Dante's journey or spiritual quest for salvation. D) Dante's romance with his love, Beatrice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dante's journey or spiritual quest for salvation. 16. Why does Dante exile his friend Cavalcanti? A) Because it had caused violent riots in the city. B) Because he had opposed him in his political career. C) Because he was of the opposite faction to his. D) Because he was interested in Beatrice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because it had caused violent riots in the city. 17. The "Divine Comedy" is a text full of ..... A) Examples and admonitions. B) Stories and jokes. C) Fairy tales and fairy tales. D) Symbols and allegories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbols and allegories. 18. To flip the bird A) A person that is hopeful and confident about the future. B) To hold up your middle finger as a very rude sign. C) To bother or annoy. D) To draw back suddenly, as with fear or pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To hold up your middle finger as a very rude sign. 19. What is the worst type of traitor? A) Traitor to kin. B) Traitor to country. C) Traitor to benefactor. D) Traitor to guests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traitor to benefactor. 20. What method of thinking lies behind the structure of the Divine Play? A) Golden ratio. B) Axial mirroring. C) Numerology. D) Frame structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Numerology. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesDante Quiz 1Dante Quiz 2Dante Quiz 3Dante Quiz 4Dante Quiz 5Dante Quiz 6Dante Quiz 7Dante Quiz 8Dante Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books