This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Dante > Dante – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dante Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the verses "that ungrateful evil people / who descended from Fiesole from ancient times" A) We are talking about the Fiesolani. B) There is talk of the wicked Florentines. C) We talk about the good Florentines. D) There is talk of the wicked Fiesolani. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There is talk of the wicked Florentines. 2. Virgil symbolizes ..... A) Divine revelation. B) Patriarchy. C) Human reason. D) Luck. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human reason. 3. 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. 4. The Divine Comedy can be defined as the first ..... A) Fantasy novel. B) Thriller. C) Romanzo Thriller. D) Horror novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fantasy novel. 5. 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. 6. Dante knows Beatrice A) When I was younger. B) When she was still a child. C) When a teenager. D) Two years before his death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When she was still a child. 7. What is the final layer of the ninth circle called? A) Caina. B) Judecca. C) Ptolomaea. D) Antenora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Judecca. 8. 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. 9. According to Dr. Mazzotta, what is the central allegorical theme in The Purgatorio? A) The poet's descent into hell. B) The poet's attempt to climb the mountain. C) The poet's attempt to find his way back to Florence from Jerusalem. D) The poet's tour of earthly paradise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The poet's attempt to climb the mountain. 10. 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. 11. In which section of The Divine Comedy does Saint Bernard appear? A) The Paradiso. B) The Inferno. C) The Convivio. D) The Purgatorio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Paradiso. 12. His poems and prose are addressed to A) Beatriz. B) Bonifacio. C) Bella. D) Virgilia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beatriz. 13. 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. 14. How many circles of hell exists? A) 6. B) 3. C) 10. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 9. 15. Which number occurs most often in the "Divine Comedy" ? A) 5. B) 4. C) 6. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 16. In The Purgatorio, whom does Dante cite as his example of temperance? A) John the Baptist. B) Pope Boniface. C) Saint Stephen. D) Pope Clement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John the Baptist. 17. How does hell connect with purgatory? A) The highway. B) They are not connected. C) A cloud. D) The burella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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. 21. In The Purgatorio, where does Dante physically set purgatory? A) In Florence. B) In the northern hemisphere. C) In Rome. D) In the southern hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the southern hemisphere. 22. EMPEROR WHO WAS A PATRON OF VIRGIL A) NERO. B) MASSIMO. C) BRUTUS. D) AUGUSTO. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) AUGUSTO. 23. Which historical figure is mentioned in Canto 14? A) Alexander the Great. B) Shakespeare. C) King Tut. D) Saul. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexander the Great. 24. Who does nina look like A) Nene. B) Me. C) You. D) M k. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) M k. 25. WHAT ARE THE ORIGINS OF DANTE AND HIS FAMILY? A) HE WAS BORN IN FLORENCE TO A FAMILY OF NOBILITY. B) HE WAS BORN IN FLORENCE TO A BOURGEO FAMILY. C) HE WAS BORN IN FLORENCE TO A VERY MODEST FAMILY. D) HE WAS BORN IN FLORENCE TO A FAMILY OF HIGH NOBILITY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HE WAS BORN IN FLORENCE TO A FAMILY OF NOBILITY. 26. In The Paradiso, Dante focuses on which kind of politics? A) The politics of ancient Greece. B) The politics of Ravenna. C) The politics of Italian city-states. D) The politics of the Roman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The politics of the Roman Empire. 27. Meaning of "divina" A) Divine. B) Strong. C) Best. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divine. 28. The street cat was so ..... you could see her rib cage. A) Froth. B) Gaunt. C) Glut. D) Grotesque. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gaunt. 29. Which pope will Dante collide with? A) Paul VI. B) Clemente V. C) Boniface VII. D) Boniface VIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boniface VIII. 30. In The Inferno, how are the wrathful punished? A) They violently fight each other in a muddy swamp. B) They are burned in their graves. C) They are forced to lie under the surface of a marsh. D) They roll heavy stones onto one another. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They violently fight each other in a muddy swamp. 31. In which important medieval city was Dante born? A) London. B) Rome. C) Sorrento. D) Florence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Florence. 32. Which picture shows Dante? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 33. In which circle would Dante place someone who committed suicide? A) The circle of heresy. B) The circle of wrath. C) The circle of treachery. D) The circle of violence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The circle of violence. 34. In what language did Dante write The Divine Comedy? A) In Latin. B) In Hungarian. C) Tuscan-style Italian. D) Roman style. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tuscan-style Italian. 35. Select the correct answer. Dante is known as. A) The supreme poet. B) The father of classicism. C) The italian poet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The supreme poet. 36. What is the name of the Ninth Circle's frozen river? A) Lethe. B) Cocytus. C) Acheron. D) Styx. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cocytus. 37. Who was the source of inspiration in the works of Dante Alighieri A) Olivia. B) Beatriz. C) Isabel. D) Maria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beatriz. 38. What sin appears in the passage? A) Violence. B) Immoderate love. C) Excessive consumption. D) Betrayal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excessive consumption. 39. I don't want anybody to eat the ..... plant, it is poisonous. A) Olive. B) Oncidium. C) Oleander. D) Oconne bells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oleander. 40. Who did Dante marry? A) With Beatrice. B) Did not marry. C) With Joan of Arc. D) With Gemma Donati. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With Gemma Donati. 41. Who was Dante's companion on his journey? A) Odysseus. B) Virgil. C) Horace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Virgil. 42. Who was Beatrice to Dante? A) Eternal love. B) His escort. C) His wife. D) A role model. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eternal love. 43. What theme is best exhibited in the opening lines of Canto 1? "I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost." A) Language. B) Sin, Justice, Pity & Piety. C) Individual Fame. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sin, Justice, Pity & Piety. 44. What does Dante do twice during the first five cantos? A) Faint. B) Cry. C) Dance. D) Sing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faint. 45. The Divine Comedy is a social commentary that portrays a negative image of ..... A) Angels. B) Christianity. C) Politicians. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Christianity. 46. What/who is Dante? A) A cat. B) A dog. C) A man. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A man. 47. Dante Alighieri joined the Dolce stil novo A) He didn't join. B) In a mature stage. C) I do not know. D) In a juvenile stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In a juvenile stage. 48. What is the name of the work that Dante's Inferno is part of? A) The Divine Retribution. B) The Divine Tragedy. C) The Divine Comedy. D) The Divine Justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Divine Comedy. 49. In the sentence " Italian is beautiful" what is the article? A) Bello. B) Bello. C) Italian. D) L'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) L'. 50. At what age does our protagonist start his journey? A) 30. B) 35. C) 5. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 35. 51. What type of island is Kosrae A) High Volcanic Island. B) Low Volcanic Island. C) Continental Island. D) Raised Coral Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High Volcanic Island. 52. In De Vulgari Eloquentia, Dante writes primarily in which language? A) Latin. B) English. C) Tuscan. D) Italian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latin. 53. Which word describes how Dante felt when he learned who would be his guide? A) Tremulous. B) Zeal. C) Scorn. D) Lamentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zeal. 54. Which of the following historical figures influenced Dante? A) Cicero. B) Thomas Aquinas. C) Brunetto Latini. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 55. In the prose part of the Vita Nuova, Dante A) Explain his verses and comment on his love for Beatrice. B) He explains in verse his love for Beatrice from the first meeting until after her death. C) He discusses the importance of using the vernacular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explain his verses and comment on his love for Beatrice. 56. How many circles does Hell consist of? A) 6. B) 3. C) 9. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9. 57. What can Dante do in Canto I, which is usually not allowed to men? A) Look at the sun. B) Understand the thought of the blessed. C) Fly like a bird. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look at the sun. 58. The ice and cold at the center of hell represent ..... A) Despair. B) Immortality. C) Hate. D) Redemption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hate. 59. What must people do in order to not have to wait at the gate of Hell? A) Stay out of people's way. B) Make a stand for God. C) Do the right thing. D) Repent for their sins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make a stand for God. 60. Who is his Girlfriend A) Nobody. B) Audrey Wrather. C) H.E.R. D) Aries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audrey Wrather. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesDante Quiz 1Dante Quiz 2Dante Quiz 3Dante Quiz 4Dante Quiz 5Dante Quiz 6Dante Quiz 7Dante Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books