ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Inferno - CORRECT ANSWER - Dante recognizes his sins
Purgatorio - CORRECT ANSWER - Dante asks for forgiveness
Paradiso - CORRECT ANSWER - Dante is forgiven, and has proved himself to god
Dante believes what about Purgatory - CORRECT ANSWER - Everyone who dies goes to
purgatory- if they aren't going to hell
What else does he believe about purgatory - CORRECT ANSWER - if you are truly sorry
for your sins, you go to purgatory instead of hell
How many circles are in hell? - CORRECT ANSWER - 9 circles
Who is Virgil? - CORRECT ANSWER - Dante's guide through hell
Who is Beatrice? - CORRECT ANSWER - The woman that Dante was in love with on
Earth, Dante lusted after her, Beatrice died of early age
Where is Dante from? - CORRECT ANSWER - Florence, Italy
What is the Divine Comedy written in? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cantos
Canto I - CORRECT ANSWER - ...
, Where does Dante wake up? - CORRECT ANSWER - The Dark Wood of Error
What does he see? - CORRECT ANSWER - He sees a 'mount of joy' (Divine Illumination)
What does he do? - CORRECT ANSWER - He climbs the mountain and three beasts stop
him
What were the three beasts? - CORRECT ANSWER - A leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf
What did the leopard represent? - CORRECT ANSWER - malice and fraud
What did the lion represent? - CORRECT ANSWER - violence and ambition
What did the She-Wolf represent? - CORRECT ANSWER - incontinence(greed)
What do these three beasts represent? - CORRECT ANSWER - They all represent Dante's
sins
What does Dante have to do in hell? - CORRECT ANSWER - Recognize his sins
What does Virgil represent? - CORRECT ANSWER - human reason
Canto II - CORRECT ANSWER - ...
Who are the three Muses chosen to help Dante through hell? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Virgin Mary, St.Lucia, and Rachel