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Dante's Inferno Test Review
Dante's Inferno Test Review
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What type of allegory is Dante's Inferno?
historical
informal
biblical
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Why is the denouement so important in plot development?
conflict is resolved; characters are settled; theme present
characters end happily ever after
every story doesn't need a denouement
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What comes first in developing the plot (plot pyramid)?
climax
exposition
rising action
4
What is the difference between objective and subjective?
formal and informal
opinion vs no opinon
lessons learned vs information
5
What is an allegory always?
over the whole text; teaches a lesson
metaphors and symbols
poem and narrative
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What is an allegory?
idea, event, characterization that outlines a moral lesson
authors way of enhancing the culture by using lessons
moral of the story
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How many circles of hell are there?
9
6
7
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What does 'avarice' mean?
greed
lust
irony
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What does the word 'convey' mean?
move around
transfer over
answer
protection
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What do the buns represent?
topic/concluding sentences
toppings
main idea
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What is POV?
author's purpose
perspective in which a text is written
main idea
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Who is Dante?
italian politician who wanted justice
italian preacher who wanted to be king
religious italian who believed in contrabass
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What is the type of stanza called in which Dante's Inferno is written?
terza rima
tercets
teros
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Where would you find the author's purpose?
within the main idea
in the conclusion
throughout the text
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What are the three types of author's purpose?
inform, suggest, persuade
persuade, entertain, inform
entertainment only
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What analogy best represents an objective summary?
steaks
cheeseburger
tacos
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What are some examples of time manipulation?
theme
main idea
characterization
foreshadowing and flashback
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What is a good example of an allegory?
grim reaper
richard parker in life of pi
lion, witch, wardrobe
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What is a major theme in Dante's Inferno?
what goes around comes around
grief will get you in low places
repentance through a long journey
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What is text structure?
way in which the text is organized
examples used from the text
textual support
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What is a narrative?
written account of events; a story
a memoir
a news article
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What three levels make up the "Divine Comedy"
paradiso, heaven, hell
hell, purgatory, deeper hell
inferno, purgatorio, paradiso
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Why is order in a text important?
determines the author's purpose
creates tension
creates effects on the plot
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What is an author's purpose?
main idea of a text
perspective in which the text is written
reason for writing a text
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What does an allegory include (sometimes present)?
symbols and metaphors
narratives and poems
symbols only
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What is a way to annotate the main idea?
circle it one time
mark its supporting details and when it is mentioned
underline it in the concluding paragraph
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What is a main idea?
main reason the text is written
main point that develops over the text
authors purpose behind writing the text
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What is the focal point of plot development?
rising action
climax
denouement
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What emotion does Dante feel the most when traveling through the Inferno?
grief
fear
pity
love
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What is an objective summary?
a formal, summary with no opinion
an essay on a topic
a summary that discusses what the reader thinks
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What is time manipulation?
effects on the timeline of the text
going back in time in a text
author discusses history within the text
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What are some other examples of time manipulation?
suspense and mystery
cohesion
settings
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How many cantos in the Inferno?
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23
56
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What does the term 'advancement' mean?
how an element or idea is moved along in a text
how an event concludes
how a character is developed
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Which of the following is NOT an allegory?
animal farm
lion, witch, wardrobe
trees are life
