This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Dante > Dante – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dante Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What warning does Minos give that is later ignored by Dante? A) Do not enter this circle of hell. B) Do not look at Satan. C) Do not to speak to the sinners. D) Do not have pity on the sinners. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do not have pity on the sinners. 2. According to Dante, which class of people reside on the planet Mars? A) The wise. B) The justice rulers. C) The warriors of faith. D) The contemplative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The warriors of faith. 3. In The Paradiso, who questions Dante about hope? A) Saint John. B) Saint Thomas. C) Saint Peter. D) Saint James. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saint James. 4. The souls who are stung by wasps outside of Hell are A) Non-Christians. B) Fallen angels. C) Those who would not pick a side, either good or evil. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Those who would not pick a side, either good or evil. 5. Which river runs through Hell A) River of hell. B) River of styx. C) River of satan. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) River of styx. 6. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WORKS IS A POLITICAL TREATY IN LATIN? A) CONVIVIAL. B) OF MONARCHY. C) ON VULGAR SPEECH. D) NEW LIFE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) OF MONARCHY. 7. The "Divine Comedy" written by Dante Alighieri, tells the story of .....? A) Dante's journey to save Virgil. B) Virgil's journey for salvation. C) Dante's journey or spiritual quest for salvation. D) Dante's romance with his love, Beatrice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dante's journey or spiritual quest for salvation. 8. Why does Dante exile his friend Cavalcanti? A) Because he was interested in Beatrice. B) Because he had opposed him in his political career. C) Because it had caused violent riots in the city. D) Because he was of the opposite faction to his. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because it had caused violent riots in the city. 9. The "Divine Comedy" is a text full of ..... A) Examples and admonitions. B) Stories and jokes. C) Fairy tales and fairy tales. D) Symbols and allegories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbols and allegories. 10. To flip the bird A) A person that is hopeful and confident about the future. B) To hold up your middle finger as a very rude sign. C) To bother or annoy. D) To draw back suddenly, as with fear or pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To hold up your middle finger as a very rude sign. 11. What is the worst type of traitor? A) Traitor to kin. B) Traitor to country. C) Traitor to benefactor. D) Traitor to guests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traitor to benefactor. 12. What method of thinking lies behind the structure of the Divine Play? A) Frame structure. B) Golden ratio. C) Axial mirroring. D) Numerology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Numerology. 13. Who was Piccarda? A) The mother of Emperor Frederick II. B) The sister of a friend of Dante. C) A woman killed by her husband. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sister of a friend of Dante. 14. A Pyroclastic Cloud (ash and steam flow), Lahar (mudflow), earthquakes, steam vents, and A) Lava flows all can occurred at Dante's peak. B) Snow occurred. C) Severe storms can occur during a eruption. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lava flows all can occurred at Dante's peak. 15. Who accompanies him as a tour guide in Hell? A) Meniscus. B) Horace. C) Virgil. D) Ovid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virgil. 16. You go to Pittsburgh to see a Steelers game. While you are there, you overhear someone order a "pop" at the concession stand. This is an example of ..... A) Theology. B) Dialect. C) Vernacular. D) Penitent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialect. 17. What is the definition of gaunt? A) Comically ugly. B) One who hoards wealth. C) Extremely thin. D) Moral corruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extremely thin. 18. Who brings a message from the heavens down to the poets? A) Vigil. B) A goddess. C) An angel. D) A muse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An angel. 19. What is the genre of the work? A) A narrative poem in an epic frame. B) A philosophical poem in an epic frame. C) An epic story in a lyrical frame. D) A lyrical poem within a philosophical framework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A philosophical poem in an epic frame. 20. Canto III of Purgatory, why was Manfredi's body left unburied? A) For contempt by the enemy. B) Because it is the body of an excommunicated person. C) Because hidden under a cairn of stones. D) Because unrecognizable among the bodies of other soldiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it is the body of an excommunicated person. 21. Who guides Dante through Hell A) Charon. B) Beatrice. C) Virgil. D) Pope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virgil. 22. Dante's family is part ..... A) Of the chivalric class. B) Of the minor nobility. C) Of small landowners. D) Of the middle class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of small landowners. 23. Who is the guy that is the judge of where the souls go in Hell? A) Minos. B) Charon. C) Dis. D) Acheron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minos. 24. In this context, what does the word comedy mean? A) Story with a sad ending. B) Story about religion. C) Story with a happy ending. D) Story that is funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Story with a happy ending. 25. Dante being lost in life is represented by A) Walking in a dark wood. B) Crossing the hills. C) Staring at the sun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking in a dark wood. 26. What happens to the bone? A) Dante chews it up. B) It bops Dante on the head and escapes. C) Dante Buries it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It bops Dante on the head and escapes. 27. What is the best definition of humanism? A) The movement to write more in vernacular. B) The intellectual movement interested in classical antiquity. C) The scientific movement away from classical antiquity. D) The movement based on literature about courtly love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The intellectual movement interested in classical antiquity. 28. Which of the following historical events occurred in Dante's lifetime? A) The Enlightenment. B) The Black Death. C) The Italian Renaissance. D) The Crusades. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Crusades. 29. Beatrice symbolizes ..... A) Human reason. B) Matriarchy. C) Luck. D) Divine revelation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divine revelation. 30. Spend eternity frozen in this circle. The worse the sin-the deeper into the ice you go! A) Circle 9. B) Circle 1. C) Circle 4. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circle 9. 31. The first edition of the Vita nuova (publication) dates back to A) 1300. B) 1576. C) 1115. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1300. 32. The female wolf: A) It represents the motherly beloved. B) It symbolizes care and togetherness. C) It symbolizes greed and the desire to possess. D) Represents Italian culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It symbolizes greed and the desire to possess. 33. 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. 34. How many songs does Hell consist of, the first canticle of the Divine Comedy? A) 25. B) 37. C) 33. D) 34. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 34. 35. 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. 36. Dante Alighieri is considered: A) The first Italian writer. B) The most important Italian writer. C) The father of Italian literature. D) The father of the Italian language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The father of the Italian language. 37. What is the punishment in Circle 4? A) They clash using heavy weights. B) They are whipped. C) They are diseased. D) They burn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They clash using heavy weights. 38. What is terza rima? A) A poetic form with five-line stanzas. B) A form of blank verse. C) A poetic form with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme. D) A traditional type of poetry rejected by Dante in favor of new rhyme schemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A poetic form with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme. 39. 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) The reason Satan is upside down. C) The way the earth was pierced when Satan fell. D) Why Satan cannot leave hell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reason Satan is upside down. 40. 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. 41. Satan resides in what layer of hell A) 9th. B) 5th. C) 10th. D) 3rd. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9th. 42. Hell is shaped like a ..... A) Trapezoid. B) Diamond. C) Rectangle. D) Cone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cone. 43. 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. 44. In what pit of Hell did Dante meet Odysseus? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 45. 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. 46. Dante's work played an important role in the creation of which modern language? A) Italian. B) Latin. C) France. D) Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italian. 47. 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. 48. What is the second circle of hell reserved for? A) Lust. B) Violence. C) Limbo. D) Treachery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lust. 49. In The Inferno, what quality does Virgil represent? A) Compassion. B) Temperance. C) Fortitude. D) Reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reason. 50. 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. 51. 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. 52. Why was Dante exiled in 1302? A) Illness. B) Political coup. C) Famine. D) Choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political coup. 53. According to most critics, what does Geryon represent in The Inferno? A) Reason. B) Lust. C) Fraud. D) Justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fraud. 54. What had Cacciaguida done that was notable? A) He had become a brother. B) He had fought in the crusades. C) He had been a martyr. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had fought in the crusades. 55. How many cantos does Dante dedicate to different parts of the afterlife? A) 100. B) 33. C) 3. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 33. 56. Dante mixes his works with characters A) Romantics and songbooks. B) Poetic and mythological. C) Historical and mythological. D) Romantic and poetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historical and mythological. 57. Which of the following verses refers to the scene in the figure? A) Hold on like a man who goes reverently. B) And return to ca by this calle. C) Which of this flock stops at one point,. D) Up there above, in la vita serena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hold on like a man who goes reverently. 58. Sinners in circle 2 are guilty of being ..... A) Violent. B) Greedy. C) Sullen. D) Lustful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lustful. 59. What is the definition of depravity? A) Comically ugly. B) Moral corruption and wickedness. C) Expressing sorrow. D) Extremely thin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moral corruption and wickedness. 60. Historically, who is Virgil? A) Dante's guide. B) A greek poet who wrote Aeneid. C) A roman poet who wrote Aeneid. D) Dante's closest friend. 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