This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Dante > Dante – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dante Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why might Dante have written it in that language? A) So the common people could read it. B) Because he didn't know how to write in any other language. C) Someone else wrote it for him. D) He thought that language made it sound better. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So the common people could read it. 2. Based on the excerpt from Canto 3, which literary device is used to convey God's power over Hell? "Justice incited my sublime Creator; Created me divine Omnipotence, The highest Wisdom and the primal Love." A) Euphemism. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 3. In order for Dante to have a chance at redemption, he must first: A) Face his dark side. B) Ask Virgil for forgiveness. C) Commit only sins of weakness. D) Perform a certain number of good deeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Face his dark side. 4. THE CHARACTERS CASSIO, BRUTUS AND JUDAS REPRESENT THE: A) AVARICE. B) TREASON. C) SUGAR. D) MISERY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TREASON. 5. What is the function of the River Lethe? A) It separates heaven from hell. B) It prevents sinners from escaping hell. C) It washes away the memory of sin. D) It separates Dante from the other sinners. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It washes away the memory of sin. 6. The name of the souls described in Canto III who are all about themselves is A) Pagans. B) Wrathful. C) Conceited. D) Opportunists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opportunists. 7. What term describes a person who hoards things? A) Sullen. B) Waster. C) Wrathful. D) Hoarder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hoarder. 8. What does the term "translatio studii" mean? A) The ability to move from purgatory into heaven. B) The translation of culture from one civilization to another. C) The movement from one circle of hell to another. D) The idea that the punishment fits the crime. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The translation of culture from one civilization to another. 9. How many circles was hell divided into in the Divine Comedy? A) 10. B) 7. C) 9. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9. 10. Which beast did NOT block Dante on his journey? A) Lion. B) Wolf. C) Tiger. D) Leoopard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tiger. 11. Why is so much space in canto VI given to the history of the Roman Empire? A) Because it is the place of pagan corruption. B) Because providence wanted it to be able to found the church. C) Because Dante was a Guelph. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because providence wanted it to be able to found the church. 12. What are the sins of incontinence? A) Lust, gluttony, avarice, wrath. B) Lust, gluttony. C) Greed, anger. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lust, gluttony, avarice, wrath. 13. WORST SIN FOR DANTE A) LUJURIA. B) GLUTTONY. C) TREASON. D) FRAUD. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) TREASON. 14. Who sent the guide to Dante? A) Beatrice. B) Cleopatra. C) His mother. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beatrice. 15. Dies at A) Florence in 1321. B) Ravenna in 1321. C) Ravenna in 1231, with Guido da Polenta. D) Verona, near Cangrande della Scala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ravenna in 1321. 16. What was the original title of The Divine Comedy? A) Tragedy. B) Comedy. C) Publica. D) Hymnica. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comedy. 17. Here lie the heretics in their eternal flaming tombs. A) Circle 4. B) Circle 8. C) Circle 6. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circle 6. 18. Once Harry and team decided to monitor the mountain, they did all of the following except? A) Monitored for earthquakes and mountain swelling. B) Monitored for sulfur and carbon dioxide gases emissions. C) Checked the temperature of mountain. D) Checked for how acidic the lake was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Checked the temperature of mountain. 19. What language family did Kosraean originate A) Austronesian. B) Romance. C) Slavic. D) Altaic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Austronesian. 20. The narration of the Divine Comedy is done A) In first person. B) The first part in first person, the second in third person. C) In third person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In first person. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesDante Quiz 1Dante Quiz 3Dante Quiz 4Dante Quiz 5Dante Quiz 6Dante Quiz 7Dante Quiz 8Dante Quiz 9Dante Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books