This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Dante > Dante – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dante Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One can tell if a dog has rabies by the ..... surrounding its mouth and jaw. A) Retribution. B) Tremulous. C) Glut. D) Froth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Froth. 2. In which dialect is Dante's Vita Nuova primarily written? A) Tuscan. B) French. C) English. D) Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tuscan. 3. When did Dante die? A) 1265. B) 1321. C) 1221. D) 1365. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1321. 4. Dante was in love with ..... A) Sarah. B) Beatrice. C) Elizabeth. D) Virgil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beatrice. 5. Birthplace of Dante Alighieri A) Milano, Italy. B) Florence, Italy. C) Turin, Italy. D) Rome Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Florence, Italy. 6. At the end of the movie, how did Harry, Rachel and the kids survive the eruption? A) Drove across the river in Harrys truck to safety.. B) Drove a truck into a mine. C) Drove truck across the mountain to a safe distance away. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drove a truck into a mine. 7. In which city did Boccaccio fall in love with "Fiammetta" ? A) Certaldo. B) Firenze. C) Napoli. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Napoli. 8. What part of Dante's body did the bone come from? A) His head. B) His arm. C) His back. D) His leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His arm. 9. The two sisters were exact opposites when it came to finances. One spent every penny she had while the other was a (n) ..... A) Froth. B) Grotesque. C) Glut. D) Miser. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Miser. 10. Dante Alighieri was politically aligned with the white Guelphs. The White Guelphs are a "party": A) Pro-papal, but who wants to maintain some municipal autonomy. B) Friend. C) Filoimperiale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pro-papal, but who wants to maintain some municipal autonomy. 11. Which is NOT one of Dante's Books in the Divine Comedy? A) Redemtoris. B) Purgatorio. C) Paradisio. D) Inferno. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Redemtoris. 12. Dante's Divine Comedy was NOT ..... A) A religious epic. B) A masterpiece of Western literature. C) A tale with a happy ending. D) A funny story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A funny story. 13. What is the definition of corresponds? A) To almost agree exactly. B) Excessive indulgence in pleasure. C) One who hoards wealth. D) Moral corruption and wickedness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To almost agree exactly. 14. In The Divine Comedy, what do many critics believe Beatrice allegorically represents? A) Natural light. B) Revelations. C) The light of grace. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 15. The Divine Comedy is a spiritual epic of Dante's quest for ..... A) Salvation. B) Wealth. C) Love. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salvation. 16. How much is 4x5? A) 4. B) 9. C) 5. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20. 17. Why is fraud worse than violence? A) It is contrary to judgement. B) It is contrary to hope. C) It is contrary to love. D) It hurts people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It hurts people. 18. The souls in Limbo are destined to live without ..... A) Happiness. B) Hope. C) Fun. D) Reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hope. 19. What is at the foot of the mountain? A) The Divine Comedy. B) Purgatory. C) Hell. D) The Paradise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purgatory. 20. While watching/monitoring Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines. Harry's friend was killed by A) A lava flow. B) Falling off the side of the volcano. C) A volcanic bomb. D) A mudslide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A volcanic bomb. 21. What is the definition of retribution? A) Being morally corrupt. B) A mass of bubbles. C) Punishing someone; vengeance. D) An excessive amount of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punishing someone; vengeance. 22. When did Dante live? A) 1212-1307. B) 1265-1321. C) 1307-1320. D) 1300-1342. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1265-1321. 23. The Divine Comedy is ..... A) A poem in verse. B) A prose poem. C) A TV show. D) A rhyming poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A poem in verse. 24. What is the name of the river in Circle 5? A) Stick. B) Nick. C) Styx. D) Sticks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Styx. 25. What are the parts of the Divine Play? A) Heaven, Hell, Puritan. B) Purgatory, Paradise, Pillar. C) Hell, Purgatory, Paradoxon. D) Purgatory, Paradise, Hell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purgatory, Paradise, Hell. 26. According to most scholars, what does The Purgatorio allegorically represent? A) The penitent life. B) The earthly paradise. C) The heavenly paradise. D) The afterlife existence for mortal sinners. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The penitent life. 27. What is the danger of a single story? A) That western literature was boring. B) That bad stories are unhealthy. C) That stereotypes are often untrue. D) That lies can be dangerous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That stereotypes are often untrue. 28. Cacciaguida reveals to Dante why he was able to travel to the otherworldly realms: A) To save only himself. B) To then write the Divine Comedy. C) To counter Boniface VIII. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To then write the Divine Comedy. 29. In which work does Dante tell of his first meeting with Beatrice? A) Banquet. B) Songbook. C) By monarchy. D) New life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New life. 30. What type of people does Dante NOT see in this circle? A) Popes. B) Cardinals. C) Clergymen. D) Actors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Actors. 31. What does "transhumanize" mean? A) It is the ability to move above the earthly state into heaven. B) It is the ability to reunite with the body. C) It is the ability to commit sins while in the human body. D) It is the ability to separate from the body in order to reach hell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is the ability to move above the earthly state into heaven. 32. Which side did Dante take in the Florentine political struggles? A) He was a radical pro-paparian. B) He was a moderate pro-paparian. C) He was a moderate pro-imperialist. D) He was a radical pro-imperialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was a moderate pro-paparian. 33. How did Paul, Harry's boss, die? A) Paul suffocated from the hot ash in the air. B) Paul was hit by a pyroclastic bomb, like Harry's friend, at the beginning of the movie. C) Paul, his van, and the bridge was washed down river by a lahar.. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paul, his van, and the bridge was washed down river by a lahar.. 34. In canto XVII Dante meets his ancestor Cacciaguida, in che cielo siamo? A) Mercurio. B) Marte. C) Venus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marte. 35. According to Dante, how is hell shaped? A) A diamond because of Satan's fight with the trinity. B) A funnel. C) A snake. D) A series of boxes inside each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A funnel. 36. What term describes a sulky person? A) Sullen. B) Grateful. C) Hubris. D) Wrathful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sullen. 37. In the "Divine Comedy" , Dante tells of ..... A) A journey across the Mediterranean Sea. B) A journey to the afterlife. C) A Journey to Hades. D) A trip back to Florence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A journey to the afterlife. 38. Virgil and Dante Escape the inferno by ..... A) Clicking their heels together three times. B) Sliding down Lucifer's Back. C) Unicorns. D) Being carried out by angels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sliding down Lucifer's Back. 39. One person asks you the question "What's poppin'? " Another person asks you "Is there anything of note occurring at this time? " The first question is an example of ..... A) Silogism. B) Dialect. C) Socioeconomics. D) Vernacular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vernacular. 40. Which is not a historical/literary figure alluded to in Canto V? A) Dido. B) Achilles. C) Brutus. D) Semiramis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brutus. 41. THE CONVIVIO IS ADDRESSED TO AN AUDIENCE: A) OF LETTERS, DESIRING TO DEEPEN THEIR CULTURE. B) OF MEN AND WOMEN DESIRING TO LEARN. C) OF BOURGEOES IN NEED OF EDUCATION TO PRACTICE THE PROFESSION. D) OF MEN OF THE CHURCH OPEN TO THE COMPARISON WITH THE PROFANE CULTURE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) OF MEN AND WOMEN DESIRING TO LEARN. 42. Who will be Dante's guide to the top of the hill of salvation through Hell and Purgatory? A) HOMER. B) ULYSSES. C) BEATRICE. D) VIRGILIO. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) VIRGILIO. 43. What is contrapasso? A) The idea that the punishment fits the crime. B) The poetic verse form used in Vita Nuova. C) The structure of the cantos in The Divine Comedy. D) The theme of love and lust in The Divine Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The idea that the punishment fits the crime. 44. Dante's guide through hell is ..... A) Virgil. B) Jesus. C) Julius Caesar. D) Satan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virgil. 45. In the verses To such an image those were made, all that neither yes tall nor so thick, whatever it was, the master felli, to whom does the expression "whatever it was" refer? A) To the devil. B) God or the devil. C) To the minotaur. D) To God. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) God or the devil. 46. In The Paradiso, Dante bases his structure of paradise on which of the following? A) The Ptolemaic universe. B) Ancient Greek cosmology. C) The Renaissance concept of the planets. D) Ancient Roman cosmology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Ptolemaic universe. 47. Incipit vita nova: start a new life. This means that A) Love for Beatrice changes Dante's life. B) After the exile, a new adventure begins for Dante. C) The study of philosophy allows you to change your life. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love for Beatrice changes Dante's life. 48. Where is the dark forest located? A) In hell. B) In the earthly paradise. C) On earth. D) In Purgatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On earth. 49. How does Dante prefer to play music? A) CD's. B) Record player. C) Cassettes. D) Radio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Record player. 50. In his Letter to Can Grande, which topic does Dante attempt to explain? A) His use of allegory. B) His opposition to the separation of Church and State. C) His belief in the infallibility of the popes. D) His interest in medieval cosmology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His use of allegory. 51. DANTE'S LATIN WORKS ARE: A) RHYME AND NOVA LIFE. B) ON VULGAR SPEECH OF MONARCHY. C) MONARCHY AND THE NOVA LIFE. D) ON VULGAR SPEECH FROM THE COMMUNITY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ON VULGAR SPEECH OF MONARCHY. 52. What is Dante's attitude toward the passion of Paolo and Francesca? A) Jealousy. B) Sympathy. C) Encouragement. D) Disapproval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathy. 53. Dante begins to write first A) Heaven. B) The Purgatory. C) The introduction to Comedy. D) The hell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The hell. 54. What influenced Francesca & Paolo to commit their sin? A) The story of Romeo & Juliet. B) The story of Sid & Nancy. C) The story of Oberon & Titania. D) The story of Lancelot & Guinevere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The story of Lancelot & Guinevere. 55. Paul decided to eventually put the town on alert after A) The mountain erupted. B) More earthquakes occurred. C) The towns water supply became full of sulfuric acid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The towns water supply became full of sulfuric acid. 56. Due to little activity for a week Paul was ready to A) Pack up and leave. B) Hire the helicopter pilot to fly more runs around the mountain. C) Send the team up to the high lake. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pack up and leave. 57. Many actors and actresses are guilty of ..... because of drugs and alcohol addictions. Their exploits make national news often causing them to lose movie roles. A) Retribution. B) Depravity. C) Writhing. D) Lamentations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depravity. 58. How many parts of The Divine Comedy were written? A) 3. B) 9. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 59. How to spell steezy A) Steezy. B) Steecy. C) Cool kid. D) Steexy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steezy. 60. Who accompanies you in Paradise? A) Beatrice. B) Virgil. C) Odysseus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beatrice. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesDante Quiz 1Dante Quiz 2Dante Quiz 3Dante Quiz 4Dante Quiz 5Dante Quiz 6Dante Quiz 8Dante Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books