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Review of terms associated with #Dante and the Divine Comedy
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Who decides the circle in which each sinner will be punished?
Charon
Acheron
Minerva
Minos
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What are the three sections of the Divine Comedy called?
Cantos
Sestets
Cantelope
Canticas
3
Who sends Virgil to help Dante?
Beatrice
Pope Beneface
Virgil
Dante
4
Which term means when characters from different time periods interact?
intraconversation
intercom
intracommunication
intertemporality
5
Which term means a reference in a literary work to some other work of art?
allusion
atonement
alliteration
altruistic
6
What are the subsections of each Cantica called?
Canaloni
Cantos
Canapes
Chapters
7
As the epic begins, where does Dante find himself?
Purgatory
Dark Wood of Error
the Mt. of Joy
Gate of Hell
8
The leopard represents?
fraud
lying
murder
violence
9
Who is telling the epic story?
Dante
Satan
God
Virgil
10
Which one is NOT a section of Dante's work?
Purgatory
Paradise
Alighieri
Inferno
11
Dante's concept of Hell was considered?
Divine Interpretation
Divine Inspiration
Divine Collaboration
Divine Retribution
12
The she-wolf represents?
violence
disloyalty
greed
murder
13
The lion represents?
suicide
anger
violence
fraud
14
Which one is NOT an animal Dante encounters?
Tiger
Leopard
Lion
She-Wolf
15
What is Dante's complete work titled?
Dante's Inferno
MIddle Ages epic
Divine Imagination
Divine Comedy
16
What is the type of rhyme scheme called?
Tercet Rule
Terza Rima
Tera Cotta
Term Trece
17
This type of literature is called?
imagery
religious
lamentation
allegory
18
What is written above the gate to the Inferno?
Abandon hope
Abandon family
Abandon ship
Abandon sins
19
What is the format of the poem?
Tercell
Terlines
Terminal
Tercet
20
Which creatures represent the guilty conscience of sinners?
beetles
wasps
ants
worms
21
The word "Comedy" in the title means?
Funny characters
Good characters
Good ending
Funny
22
Which three people are found in Satan's mouths?
Brutus, Cassius, Virgil
Brutus, Beatrice, Dante
Judas, Cassius, Brutus
Cassius, Judas, Dante
23
How many cantos are there in total?
33
10
100
99
24
What is the worst sin according to Dante?
suicide
lying
betrayal
murder
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How does Virgil tell Dante to avoid the she-wolf?
Climb the Mt. of Joy
Descend into the Inferno
Confess his sins
Call out to Beatrice
