This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Dante > Dante – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dante Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was Piccarda? A) The mother of Emperor Frederick II. B) The sister of a friend of Dante. C) A woman killed by her husband. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sister of a friend of Dante. 2. A Pyroclastic Cloud (ash and steam flow), Lahar (mudflow), earthquakes, steam vents, and A) Lava flows all can occurred at Dante's peak. B) Snow occurred. C) Severe storms can occur during a eruption. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lava flows all can occurred at Dante's peak. 3. Who accompanies him as a tour guide in Hell? A) Virgil. B) Horace. C) Meniscus. D) Ovid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virgil. 4. You go to Pittsburgh to see a Steelers game. While you are there, you overhear someone order a "pop" at the concession stand. This is an example of ..... A) Vernacular. B) Dialect. C) Penitent. D) Theology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialect. 5. What is the definition of gaunt? A) Comically ugly. B) One who hoards wealth. C) Extremely thin. D) Moral corruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extremely thin. 6. Who brings a message from the heavens down to the poets? A) Vigil. B) An angel. C) A muse. D) A goddess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An angel. 7. What is the genre of the work? A) A philosophical poem in an epic frame. B) An epic story in a lyrical frame. C) A lyrical poem within a philosophical framework. D) A narrative poem in an epic frame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A philosophical poem in an epic frame. 8. Canto III of Purgatory, why was Manfredi's body left unburied? A) For contempt by the enemy. B) Because it is the body of an excommunicated person. C) Because unrecognizable among the bodies of other soldiers. D) Because hidden under a cairn of stones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it is the body of an excommunicated person. 9. Who guides Dante through Hell A) Beatrice. B) Pope. C) Virgil. D) Charon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virgil. 10. Dante's family is part ..... A) Of the chivalric class. B) Of the minor nobility. C) Of small landowners. D) Of the middle class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of small landowners. 11. Who is the guy that is the judge of where the souls go in Hell? A) Minos. B) Acheron. C) Charon. D) Dis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minos. 12. In this context, what does the word comedy mean? A) Story that is funny. B) Story with a happy ending. C) Story with a sad ending. D) Story about religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Story with a happy ending. 13. Dante being lost in life is represented by A) Walking in a dark wood. B) Crossing the hills. C) Staring at the sun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking in a dark wood. 14. What happens to the bone? A) Dante chews it up. B) It bops Dante on the head and escapes. C) Dante Buries it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It bops Dante on the head and escapes. 15. What is the best definition of humanism? A) The movement to write more in vernacular. B) The intellectual movement interested in classical antiquity. C) The scientific movement away from classical antiquity. D) The movement based on literature about courtly love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The intellectual movement interested in classical antiquity. 16. Which of the following historical events occurred in Dante's lifetime? A) The Italian Renaissance. B) The Black Death. C) The Crusades. D) The Enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Crusades. 17. Beatrice symbolizes ..... A) Human reason. B) Luck. C) Matriarchy. D) Divine revelation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divine revelation. 18. Spend eternity frozen in this circle. The worse the sin-the deeper into the ice you go! A) Circle 9. B) Circle 1. C) Circle 4. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circle 9. 19. The first edition of the Vita nuova (publication) dates back to A) 1300. B) 1576. C) 1115. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1300. 20. The female wolf: A) It represents the motherly beloved. B) It symbolizes care and togetherness. C) It symbolizes greed and the desire to possess. D) Represents Italian culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It symbolizes greed and the desire to possess. ← 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