Dante's Inferno (Intro, Canto: 1 & 3) Questions and Answers Graded A

Dante's Inferno (Intro, Canto: 1 & 3) Questions and Answers Graded A Where was Dante Alighieri from? Florence, Italy Where was Dante buried? Ravenna When was the Divine Comedy written? The Divine Comedy involves a symbolic journey of the..... Spiritual quest for redemption. The Three Parts of the Divine Comedy are? Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), Paradiso (Heaven) The three parts represent? Easter Triduum The work is divided into? Cantos (100) and Tercets Inferno- 34 Purgatorio- 33 Paradiso- 33 Tercets Three lined stanzas The whole work is composed in? Terzarima Terzarima Middle line of one tercet rhymes with lines 1 and 3 of the next tercet. Dante was involved in a conflict between? Guelphs (Pope) and Ghibellines (HRE) The conflict was about? Power and authority of the Pope. Dante is eventually..... Exiled and dies outside of Florence. Dante was married to? Gemma Di Manetto Donati His true love was? Beatrice Who is sent to guide Dante through the Inferno and Purgatory? Virgil Who was Dante's role model? Virgil A work on 2 levels (literal and figurative objects and characters that stand for abstract qualities. Allegory Dante is trying to show people? How to redeem their lives. What language was the work written in? Vernacular, Italian The Divine Comedy is similar to? Chaucer, Canterbury Tales. What is the Law of Dante's Inferno? Symbolic Retribution (Contrapasso) The punishment fits the crime The deeper you are the _______ it gets. Cooled How old was Dante when he begins his journey? 35 Dante stays into the ________. Dark Wood of Error (Worldiness) What are the here beasts that confront Dante? Leopard of malice (greed), the lion of violence and ambition (pride), and the she-wolf of incontience (lust) How does Dante feel about his guide? He submits himself joyously. What animal will destroy the she-wolf? Greyhound (represents Christ) Who is the King of Time? God Why can't Virgil go to heaven? Born before Jesus, didn't know Jesus (Pagan) What does Dante accept at the end of Canto 1? Dante accepts Virgil's invitation to the inferno (free will). Why's is the inscription above the gate written in the stone? Abandon all hope if you enter here, sense of permanence, harshness to the damned. How does Virgil act toward Dante in lines 18-20? Holds his hand and guides him. What types of souls do Virgil and Dante confront first? What are they doing and what is happening to them? Vestibule (entrance) Chasing a flag/banner (thing they never pursue after) that they will never catch. Indifferent people, never picked a side (souls of the unsure). Bing stung by hornets and wasps and magic and worms on the ground. One of the souls Dante recognizes is? Angles from the fall, and Pope Celestine V. What river do they come to in this level? Acheron Who is the ferryman? Charon Why is Dante confronted by the ferryman? Because Dante is living, a soul of grace. In lines 119-125, Virgil talks about the Christian Doctrine of _________. Reconciliation At the end of the canto, Dante...... Faints because he is overwhelmed (Dante is creating a transition when writing).