This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Dante > Dante – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dante Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The leopard or panther represents what type of sin? A) Violent. B) Malicious. C) Incontinence. D) Selfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malicious. 2. Chase a blank flag and stung by hornets and wasps through maggots and worms. Who suffers this punishment? A) Pagans. B) Opportunists & uncommitted. C) Carnal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opportunists & uncommitted. 3. Where was Dante from A) Greece. B) Florence. C) France. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Florence. 4. Dante believed that poets should write in ..... A) German. B) French. C) Italian. D) Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Italian. 5. Is divided into ..... A) 2 songs. B) 4 songs. C) 1 song. D) 3 songs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3 songs. 6. How old is Dante when he hits the road? A) 32. B) 30. C) 33. D) 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 35. 7. Why does Dante speak funny? A) Allergies. B) Has a cold. C) Infection as a young kid. D) Damaged vocal chords. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allergies. 8. WHAT IS LIFE NOVA? A) A POSTHUMOUS COLLECTION OF ALL DANTE'S LOVE POEMS. B) A POEM IN TRACETS OF A PHILOSOPHY-MORAL CHARACTER. C) A TREATY IN WHICH BEATRICE IS THE SYMBOL OF THEOLOGY. D) AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WORK IN WHICH POEMS AND PROSE PARTS ALTERNATE (PROSIMETER). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WORK IN WHICH POEMS AND PROSE PARTS ALTERNATE (PROSIMETER). 9. The Donati family headed the faction of the A) Guelfi. B) White Guelphs. C) Ghibellines. D) Black Guelphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Black Guelphs. 10. In this circle Geryon is waiting for those who are fraudulent. Don't trust his mood-he's a master of deception just like those who spend eternity here! A) Circle 9. B) Circle 2. C) Circle 8. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circle 8. 11. In Vita Nuova, how does Dante represent love? A) Love is an ennobling force that offers a chance for salvation. B) Love is problematic for Dante, because Beatrice is considered impure. C) Love has little to do with spirituality. D) Love obscures all possibility for salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love is an ennobling force that offers a chance for salvation. 12. What is the condition of the sinners in this circle of hell? A) Torture. B) Frozen. C) Winds. D) Burning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frozen. 13. In political life, what ideas did Dante defend? A) That war and weaponry should be restricted. B) That professors and students should group together in an association called University. C) The separation of Church and State and the need for a Holy Roman Empire to exist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The separation of Church and State and the need for a Holy Roman Empire to exist. 14. Which literary current did Dante adhere to? A) Romance. B) Dolce Stilnova. C) Carolingian cycle. D) Breton cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dolce Stilnova. 15. How does Ari feel about Dante at the end of part 1? A) He is ambivalent. B) He is confused by him. C) He is annoyed with him. D) He is so happy to be his friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is so happy to be his friend. 16. What is the title of this Pixar short film? A) Dante's Inferno. B) Dante's Peak. C) Dante's Lunch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dante's Lunch. 17. Select the correct answer Dante personifies a. A) The humanity. B) The reason. C) Faith. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The humanity. 18. Where did Dante die? A) Ravenna. B) Florence. C) Venice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ravenna. 19. Which character does Dante meet at the end of his journey through purgatory? A) Cato. B) Virgil. C) Beatrice. D) Homer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beatrice. 20. WHY WAS DANTE SENT INTO EXILE? A) DANTE HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF REBELLION TO THE POPE AND OF BARATTERIA. B) DANTE HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING A TRAITOR. C) DANTE WAS A GREAT SINNER. D) DANTE HAD STAINED A SERIOUS CRIME. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DANTE HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF REBELLION TO THE POPE AND OF BARATTERIA. 21. In what years was the Divine Comedy written? A) 1304-1321. B) 1270-1292. C) 1510-1520. D) 1678-1689. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1304-1321. 22. What is the definition of converge? A) Twisting in agony. B) Shaking and quivering. C) Hoarding wealth. D) Coming together from different places. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coming together from different places. 23. When does Dante start his journey? A) On Good Friday. B) On Maundy Thursday. C) On Easter Monday. D) On Holy Saturday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On Maundy Thursday. 24. What does Dante want? A) A new house. B) Alpo. C) A new collar. D) A bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A bone. 25. What is the translation of the term "dolce stil novo" ? A) "The sweet silence". B) "The sweetness of love". C) "Sweet and still". D) "Sweet new style". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Sweet new style". 26. Which of the following is NOT a reason for Dante to include famous literary and historical figures in Inferno? A) To make it more relatable to his audience. B) He was well-read himself. C) He disliked history and classic literature. D) To show that all are susceptible to sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He disliked history and classic literature. 27. What is the "revenge of revenge" , which fell to the Emperor Titus? (Canto VI) A) Avenging the killing of Jesus. B) Having avenged pagan Rome. C) Having avenged the murder of Saint Peter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Avenging the killing of Jesus. 28. Who does NOT repent in the depths of Hell? A) Cassius. B) Caesar. C) Judas. D) Brutus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caesar. 29. What is purgatory? A) A place for cleansing and purification. B) The place of transition between earth, heaven, and hell. C) The setting for the middle portion of Dante's The Divine Comedy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 30. Where did Dante live for most of his life? A) Ravenna. B) Florence. C) Vienna. D) Tuscany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Florence. 31. Dante ..... wrote the work A) Between 1307 and 1320. B) Between 1000 and 1500. C) Between 1400 and 1490. D) Between 1330 and 1700. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between 1307 and 1320. 32. The eternally damned are found in the 9: A) Giri. B) Groups. C) You look for. D) Rims. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You look for. 33. In the verse "and if I weren't yes for dead time / I would have given you comfort at the work" yes for time means that A) He died too soon compared to Dante. B) He died in time to appreciate Dante's political skill. C) He died before he could appreciate Dante's literary prowess. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He died too soon compared to Dante. 34. WHY DOES DANTE ATTRIBUTE TO HIS WORK THE TITLE OF "COMMEDIA" ? A) Because it has a pathetic ending. B) Because it has a tragic ending. C) Because it has a simple ending. D) Because it has a happy ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because it has a happy ending. 35. The title "Monarchy" refers to A) A general ruler. B) To the imperial power of Henry VII. C) To the papal power of Pope Clement V. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To the imperial power of Henry VII. 36. What subjects did Dante study? A) Rhetoric and grammar. B) Mathematics and geometry. C) Music and singing. D) Italian and German. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric and grammar. 37. What contribution did Giovanni Boccaccio make to the novel? A) He translated the work into Latin. B) It gave the adjective Divine to "Comedy". C) Wrote the novel's prologue. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It gave the adjective Divine to "Comedy". 38. The Divine Comedy is an allegorical poem because ..... A) Has non-symbolic meanings. B) Has metaphorical meanings. C) Has symbolic meanings. D) It has no symbolic meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has symbolic meanings. 39. What part of his body does Minos use on the sinners? A) His feet. B) His horns. C) His tail. D) His fists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His tail. 40. The Florence in which Dante lived was divided between: A) Guelphs and Ghibellines. B) White Guelphs and Black Guelphs. C) Catholics and Protestants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White Guelphs and Black Guelphs. 41. The chained rhyme is A) Aabb. B) Father. C) Abba. D) Aba bcb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aba bcb. 42. What term describes a person who is consumed with anger? A) Sullen. B) Wrathful. C) Hubris. D) Sympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrathful. 43. In canto I Dante invokes Apollo, because: A) He is the guardian of Paradise. B) The Muses are not enough. C) The Muses are pagan deities. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Muses are not enough. 44. What is the last circle of hell reserved for? A) Violence. B) Lust. C) Limbo. D) Treachery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Treachery. 45. What is the name given to Circle One? A) Paridisio. B) The Vestibule. C) Limbo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limbo. 46. According to the Divine Comedy, how many circles is hell made up of? A) Three. B) Six. C) Nine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nine. 47. How many short stories are there in the Decameron? A) Seventy. B) Hundred. C) Three hundred and sixty-five. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hundred. 48. A river of boiling blood & fire, or trees & bushes being eaten by harpies, being eaten alive by dogs, or stuck in land of burning sand and rains of fire-avoid violence and you avoid this circle. A) Circle 5. B) Circle 2. C) Circle 7. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circle 7. 49. Dante's profession while in Florence was ..... A) Farmer. B) Farmer. C) Doctor. D) Politician. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Politician. 50. The lion represents which type of sin? A) Malicious. B) Selfish. C) Incontinence. D) Violent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Violent. 51. According to Dante, which is necessary in order to make a perfect confession? A) A sense of gratitude for God's mercy. B) A lack of remorse. C) The secret confession of sins. D) The inability to reject one's old life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sense of gratitude for God's mercy. 52. What is the definition for glut? A) Repulsively ugly. B) To match exactly. C) Excess amounts of something. D) Suffering from hunger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excess amounts of something. 53. Dante's nine spheres of heaven are associated with which of the following religious concepts? A) The beatitudes. B) The deadly sins. C) The steps to confession. D) The angelic hierarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The angelic hierarchy. 54. Select the correct answer Beatriz personifies a. A) The humanity. B) The reason. C) Faith. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Faith. 55. What is NOT something that set the conditions for the sins of Francesca and Paolo A) Being alone. B) Reading love stories. C) Vice. D) Netflix and chill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Netflix and chill. 56. Dante Alighieri lived in: A) Middle Ages. B) Renaissance. C) High Middle age. D) Middle Ages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Middle Ages. 57. What is the genre of Divine Comedy? A) Epic. B) Philosophical poem. C) Novel. D) Novella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philosophical poem. 58. What animal does not stand in Dante's way at the beginning of the work? A) Farkas. B) Jackal. C) Lion. D) Panther. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jackal. 59. Limbo is a place where A) Souls are waiting to be judged and placed. B) Souls who have lost their way and don't know they are dead. C) Souls who died before Christ dwell. D) Souls that are on their way to heaven. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Souls who died before Christ dwell. 60. " ..... because here for those over there there is a lot going on" . The v. 145 of the song confirms the importance, for the souls in Purgatory ..... A) Of the atonement. B) Of remembrance by the living. C) Prayers from the living. D) Of free will. 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