Dante Inferno Quiz

Dante Inferno Quiz

Multiple Choices (10x2 points)

1.       What does Dante's journey represents?

a)      Man's virtue

b)      Man's relationship with God

c)       Man's moment of weakness

d)      Man's spirit

2.       What is the Christian holiday that Inferno begins?

a)      A Good Friday

b)      Christmas

c)       The Feast of All Saints

d)      New Year's Day

3.       What do Dark Woods symbolize?

a)      Sin

b)      Prayer

c)       Hate

d)      Fear

4.       Where does Beatrice go after she died?

a)      Hell

b)      Heaven

c)       Home

d)      Nowhere

5.       What is the path that Dante has lost?

a)      Descent into sin

b)      Respect for family

c)       Use of language

d)      Virtuous man's way of life

6.       What happen to Judas that made him unable to speak?

a)      His tongue is a writhing snake.

b)      His lips are made of fire.

c)       His head lies frozen beneath the ice.

d)      Lucifer is chewing on his head.

7.       What is the symbol for she-wolf?

a)      Fraud

b)      Greed

c)       Lust

d)      Pride

8.       What are the three beasts that stop Dante in Canto I?

a)      A dog, a deer, and a mastiff

b)      A unicorn, a tiger, and a boar

c)       A wolf, a unicorn, and a serpent

d)      A leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf

9.       Who is against Dante and made him think that is his enemy?

a)      Innocent XVIII

b)      Clement I

c)       Boniface VIII

d)      Tiberius

10.   What city had exiled Dante?

a)      Naples

b)      Rome

c)       Florence

a)      Mantua

Vocabulary Matching (10x2 Points)

     Festered

     Wallow

     Bliss

     Wrath

     Tempest

     Chasm

     Vanity

     Canto

     Inferno

     Miser

A. Deep hole in the earth's surface

B. Excessive pride in appearance

C. Decayed; rot

D. To roll about or lie in the water,                                                                                                                                          snow, mud, dust or the like

E. Storm

F. A place of fiery heat or destruction

G. A chapter in an epic poem

H. Anger

I. Supreme happiness

J. A stingy cheap person

Short Response (5x2 Points)

1)      In the poem there are many demons that mentions about the earthquake, what was the cause of it?

2)      What are the words that were written on the Gate of Hell?

3)      Every soul needs to cross which river in order to enter Hell?

4)      In which circle was the punishment for the Spenders and Hoarders on?

5)      What is the form that Inferno’s verse is written in?