This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Dante > Dante – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dante Quiz 29 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Virgil symbolizes ..... A) Human reason. B) Luck. C) Patriarchy. D) Divine revelation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human reason. 2. Which two traitors are devoured, feet first, in Satan's mouths? A) Virgil and Dante. B) Antony and Cleopatra. C) Francesca and Paolo. D) Brutus and Cassius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brutus and Cassius. 3. The Divine Comedy can be defined as the first ..... A) Horror novel. B) Romanzo Thriller. C) Fantasy novel. D) Thriller. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fantasy novel. 4. What is the name of Petrarch's beloved woman? A) Fiametta. B) Beatrice. C) Laura. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laura. 5. Dante knows Beatrice A) When she was still a child. B) When a teenager. C) When I was younger. D) Two years before his death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When she was still a child. 6. What is the final layer of the ninth circle called? A) Judecca. B) Antenora. C) Caina. D) Ptolomaea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Judecca. 7. Before the nine circles of Hell is the Anthell in which there are A) I was lazy. B) The heretics. C) The violent ones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was lazy. 8. According to Dr. Mazzotta, what is the central allegorical theme in The Purgatorio? A) The poet's attempt to climb the mountain. B) The poet's attempt to find his way back to Florence from Jerusalem. C) The poet's descent into hell. D) The poet's tour of earthly paradise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The poet's attempt to climb the mountain. 9. In the poem Dante imagines that his journey takes place during the holy week of 1300 A) From the night of 7 to that of 14 April. B) From the night of 6 to that of 13 April. C) In Holy Week from 7 to 8 April. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From the night of 7 to that of 14 April. 10. In which section of The Divine Comedy does Saint Bernard appear? A) The Inferno. B) The Convivio. C) The Purgatorio. D) The Paradiso. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Paradiso. 11. His poems and prose are addressed to A) Beatriz. B) Bella. C) Virgilia. D) Bonifacio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beatriz. 12. What is the definition of grotesque? A) Morally corrupted. B) Extremely thin. C) Comically ugly. D) Disorderly behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comically ugly. 13. How many circles of hell exists? A) 3. B) 6. C) 9. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9. 14. How many songs does the Divine Comedy consist of? A) 99. B) 33. C) 11. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 100. 15. Which number occurs most often in the "Divine Comedy" ? A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 16. In The Purgatorio, whom does Dante cite as his example of temperance? A) Pope Boniface. B) Pope Clement. C) Saint Stephen. D) John the Baptist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John the Baptist. 17. How does hell connect with purgatory? A) The highway. B) The burella. C) They are not connected. D) A cloud. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The burella. 18. Where do the opportunists and non-committed spend their eternity? A) Vestibule of Hell. B) Circle One. C) Circle Two. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vestibule of Hell. 19. What art was Dante a part of? A) DOCTORS AND APOTHERS. B) OWNERSHIP. C) INTELLECTUAL. D) BARATTIERI. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DOCTORS AND APOTHERS. 20. According to scholars, what is the function of the rose that Dante sees in paradise? A) It alludes to the Garden of Eden. B) It symbolizes perfection and paradise. C) It is a symbol of the Virgin Mary. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. ← 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