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Dante Inferno Flashcards

1
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What are the names of the two major political parties in Italy during Dantes lifetime

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Guelphs and Chibellines

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Who sent Donte into exile?

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Pope Boniface VIII

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3
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How many circles are in Dantes hell?

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9

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4
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Dante supported the

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White Guelphs

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5
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Encanto one, Dante revealed his age to be

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35 years old

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6
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Where is Virgil from

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Lombardy

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Contrapasso means

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Punishment fits the crime

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Virgil famously wrote

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The Aneid

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9
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The divine comedy has —— cantos in it

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100

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In Canto one, who is the greyhound

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Italian political leader

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In Canto one, who is the she wolf?

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An icon

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

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St. Lucia

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13
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The ninth circle of hell house for sections, the worst of which is

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Judecca

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14
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Which of the following words means to hoard one’s wealth excessively?

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Avarice

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15
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All the circles of hell

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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

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

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Cerberus

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17
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Which of the following is NOT a book in the divine comedy?

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Aenead

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18
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Dantes inferno is what type of poem?

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Epic

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19
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Lucifers red face symbolizes what?

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Hate

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20
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The sins of violence are murder, suicide, ——–, Sodomy, and Usery

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Blasphemy

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

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Schismatic

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22
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Who is the judge of hell, famous for his long tail?

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Minos

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23
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The first pouch of circle eight contains what sinners?

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Seducers and panderers

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24
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Which of the following is a ferryman in hell?

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Pheleygas

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25
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What is the name of the infernos famous rhyme scheme?

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Terza Rima

26
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of Geryon

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Snakes tongue

27
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Which vocab term refers to the language the inferno was written in?

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Vernacular

28
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The Inferno is what type of story?

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Allegory

29
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Antenora means

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Betrayal of country

30
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Who are the final sinners in circle eight?

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Falsifiers

31
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What do the stars symbolize?

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Hope

32
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What is the name of the first body of water in hell?

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Acheron

33
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Which of the following is not a color of one of Lucifers face?

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Blue

34
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Which is the vocab term which means to “pass out”

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Swoon

35
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What can’t the sinners Ptolomea do?

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Cry

36
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Acheron

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First river of hell

37
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Avarice

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Extreme greed or wealth

38
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Blasphemy

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Being an asshole towards God

39
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Exile

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Being banned

40
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Fraud

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Getting money illegally

41
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Gluttony

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Eating a lot

42
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Incontinence

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Not having any self-restraint

43
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Lament

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Expression of grief or sorrow, like a poem or song

44
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Limbo

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

45
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Prodigal

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Spending money wastefuley

46
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Phlegethon

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

47
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Purgatory

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

48
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Schismatic

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Promotes difference of opinion

49
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Swoon

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To faint

50
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Styx

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One of the rivers in hell

51
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Wrath

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Extreme anger

52
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Virgil is from

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Lombardy

53
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Contrapasso means

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Punishments fit the crime

54
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Donte

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White Guelphs

55
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Virgil wrote

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The aneid

56
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The divine comedy has ——- cantos total

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100

57
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In canto one, the she wolf is

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An icon

58
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The ninth circle of hell has four sections, the worst of which is

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Judecca

59
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Where is Dante from?

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Florence Italy

60
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Why did Dante write the divine comedy?

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Cause he was in exile from Florence

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