Dante Inferno

Question 1

What are the names of the two major political parties in Italy during Dantes lifetime

Answer 1

Guelphs and Chibellines

Question 2

Who sent Donte into exile?

Answer 2

Pope Boniface VIII

Question 3

How many circles are in Dantes hell?

Answer 3

9

Question 4

Dante supported the

Answer 4

White Guelphs

Question 5

Encanto one, Dante revealed his age to be

Answer 5

35 years old

Question 6

Where is Virgil from

Answer 6

Lombardy

Question 7

Contrapasso means

Answer 7

Punishment fits the crime

Question 8

Virgil famously wrote

Answer 8

The Aneid

Question 9

The divine comedy has —— cantos in it

Answer 9

100

Question 10

In Canto one, who is the greyhound

Answer 10

Italian political leader

Question 11

In Canto one, who is the she wolf?

Answer 11

An icon

Question 12

I’m Canto two, Dante is told three women are cheering for him: Mary, —— and Beatrice

Answer 12

St. Lucia

Question 13

The ninth circle of hell house for sections, the worst of which is

Answer 13

Judecca

Question 14

Which of the following words means to hoard one’s wealth excessively?

Answer 14

Avarice

Question 15

All the circles of hell

Answer 15

Neutrals: Incontinence
Limbo, lustful, gluttonous, avarice and prodigal, wrathful and sullen

City of Dis: Violence
Heretics, murder, suicide, blasphemy/ sodomites/ Usury

Simple fraud

Seducers/panders, flatters, simoniacs, Fortunetellers, grafters, hypocrites, thieves, evil counselors, schismatics, flasifers

Pit of Giants: treacherous fraud

Caina, Antenora, Ptolomea, Judecca

Lucifer

Question 16

What is the name of the three headed dog which watches over the gluttons?

Answer 16

Cerberus

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a book in the divine comedy?

Answer 17

Aenead

Question 18

Dantes inferno is what type of poem?

Answer 18

Epic

Question 19

Lucifers red face symbolizes what?

Answer 19

Hate

Question 20

The sins of violence are murder, suicide, ——–, Sodomy, and Usery

Answer 20

Blasphemy

Question 21

What is the vocab terms for someone who divides something that is not meant to be divided?

Answer 21

Schismatic

Question 22

Who is the judge of hell, famous for his long tail?

Answer 22

Minos

Question 23

The first pouch of circle eight contains what sinners?

Answer 23

Seducers and panderers

Question 24

Which of the following is a ferryman in hell?

Answer 24

Pheleygas

Question 25

What is the name of the infernos famous rhyme scheme?

Answer 25

Terza Rima

Question 26

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Geryon

Answer 26

Snakes tongue

Question 27

Which vocab term refers to the language the inferno was written in?

Answer 27

Vernacular

Question 28

The Inferno is what type of story?

Answer 28

Allegory

Question 29

Antenora means

Answer 29

Betrayal of country

Question 30

Who are the final sinners in circle eight?

Answer 30

Falsifiers

Question 31

What do the stars symbolize?

Answer 31

Hope

Question 32

What is the name of the first body of water in hell?

Answer 32

Acheron

Question 33

Which of the following is not a color of one of Lucifers face?

Answer 33

Blue

Question 34

Which is the vocab term which means to "pass out"

Answer 34

Swoon

Question 35

What can't the sinners Ptolomea do?

Answer 35

Cry

Question 36

Acheron

Answer 36

First river of hell

Question 37

Avarice

Answer 37

Extreme greed or wealth

Question 38

Blasphemy

Answer 38

Being an asshole towards God

Question 39

Exile

Answer 39

Being banned

Question 40

Fraud

Answer 40

Getting money illegally

Question 41

Gluttony

Answer 41

Eating a lot

Question 42

Incontinence

Answer 42

Not having any self-restraint

Question 43

Lament

Answer 43

Expression of grief or sorrow, like a poem or song

Question 44

Limbo

Answer 44

It's for the people that aren't saved even though they haven't sinned

Question 45

Prodigal

Answer 45

Spending money wastefuley

Question 46

Phlegethon

Answer 46

One of the rivers in hell, it's a river of fire

Question 47

Purgatory

Answer 47

A place you go to be judged for your sins before you go to heaven

Question 48

Schismatic

Answer 48

Promotes difference of opinion

Question 49

Swoon

Answer 49

To faint

Question 50

Styx

Answer 50

One of the rivers in hell

Question 51

Wrath

Answer 51

Extreme anger

Question 52

Virgil is from

Answer 52

Lombardy

Question 53

Contrapasso means

Answer 53

Punishments fit the crime

Question 54

Donte

Answer 54

White Guelphs

Question 55

Virgil wrote

Answer 55

The aneid

Question 56

The divine comedy has ------- cantos total

Answer 56

100

Question 57

In canto one, the she wolf is

Answer 57

An icon

Question 58

The ninth circle of hell has four sections, the worst of which is

Answer 58

Judecca

Question 59

Where is Dante from?

Answer 59

Florence Italy

Question 60

Why did Dante write the divine comedy?

Answer 60

Cause he was in exile from Florence