This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Dante > Dante – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dante Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What happens in parallel with the launch of Dante? A) With the start of the countdown. B) With the end of the Middle Ages. C) The bible with the story of redemption. D) With Easter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bible with the story of redemption. 2. How many songs does Hell consist of, the first canticle of the Divine Comedy? A) 34. B) 33. C) 25. D) 37. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 34. 3. How does Dante ascend to the celestial spheres? A) Beatrice brings it. B) For physical strength. C) Spheres open for it to pass. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For physical strength. 4. Dante Alighieri is considered: A) The father of the Italian language. B) The first Italian writer. C) The father of Italian literature. D) The most important Italian writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The father of the Italian language. 5. What is the punishment in Circle 4? A) They are whipped. B) They clash using heavy weights. C) They burn. D) They are diseased. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They clash using heavy weights. 6. What is terza rima? A) A traditional type of poetry rejected by Dante in favor of new rhyme schemes. B) A form of blank verse. C) A poetic form with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme. D) A poetic form with five-line stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A poetic form with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme. 7. When Virgil explains that Satan "is still positioned as he was before./ On this side he fell down from heaven" , he is explaining A) Why hell is so cold. B) Why Satan cannot leave hell. C) The way the earth was pierced when Satan fell. D) The reason Satan is upside down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The reason Satan is upside down. 8. In The Paradiso, what event does Dante allegorically represent? A) The soul's union with the body. B) The soul's ascent to heaven. C) The soul's tour of purgatory. D) The soul's descent into hell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The soul's ascent to heaven. 9. Satan resides in what layer of hell A) 3rd. B) 5th. C) 9th. D) 10th. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9th. 10. Hell is shaped like a ..... A) Diamond. B) Cone. C) Rectangle. D) Trapezoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cone. 11. Select the correct answer The main characters of "The Divine Comedy" are.. A) Dante, Virgil, Beatrice. B) Dante Homer Hector. C) Virgil, Antigone, Medea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dante, Virgil, Beatrice. 12. In what pit of Hell did Dante meet Odysseus? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 13. What animal is not mentioned in CANTO I. General Proem: The Dark Forest? A) The Panther. B) The lion. C) The loba. D) Tiger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tiger. 14. Dante's work played an important role in the creation of which modern language? A) Italian. B) France. C) Spanish. D) Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italian. 15. An allegory is a figure of speech which A) It has the purpose of conveying a religious and moral meaning. B) It consists in representing ideas and concepts through deeper, symbolic meanings. C) Consists of comparing two images or ideas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It consists in representing ideas and concepts through deeper, symbolic meanings. 16. What is the second circle of hell reserved for? A) Lust. B) Limbo. C) Violence. D) Treachery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lust. 17. Chicken A) Cheese. B) Chicken. C) No. D) U. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chicken. 18. In The Inferno, what quality does Virgil represent? A) Reason. B) Compassion. C) Temperance. D) Fortitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reason. 19. What kind of poem is "Chiare, folle et dolce acque" ? A) A sonnet. B) A song. C) A ballad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A song. 20. Dante wrote "The Inferno" using which of the following original poetic devices? A) Rhyming Couplets. B) Terza Rima. C) Free Verse. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Terza Rima. ← 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