Dante’s Inferno Canto 1-7 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What does the Dark Wood Of Error represent - CORRECT ANSWER - Worldliness
What does the Sun represent - CORRECT ANSWER - Divine illumination
What makes Dante's wish to climb Mount Joy impactful - CORRECT ANSWER - It is the
Easter Season, time of resurrection (This is Dante's perfect chance to fix himself)
The Three Beasts of Worldliness - CORRECT ANSWER - Leopard of Malice, Lion of
Violence, She Wolf of Incontinence (lack of self control/belief in God)
Which beast scares Dante the most - CORRECT ANSWER - She-Wolf
What does Virgil represent - CORRECT ANSWER - Human Reason
Why must Virgil guide Dante through Hell - CORRECT ANSWER - There is no way to
get past the Three Beasts
Why does Dante deny Virgil's quest - CORRECT ANSWER - Dante feels he is beyond
saving
Why is Virgil the guardian of Dante - CORRECT ANSWER - Virgil was vocal about
Roman independence during the Trojan War (Dante is Italian)
Why is Dante the main sinner in Cantos 1 and 2 - CORRECT ANSWER - He believes he
cannot be saved by Virgil
, What does Beatrice represent - CORRECT ANSWER - Divine Reason
Name the 3 women who convince Dante to go along with Virgil - CORRECT ANSWER -
Virgin Mary (Compassion) Saint Lucia (Divine Light) Rachel (Contemplative Life)
What is the first layer of Hell - CORRECT ANSWER - Circle Zero (Vestibule of Hell)
Who are in Circle Zero - CORRECT ANSWER - The Opportunists (people who never
lived good or bad lives)
What is the opportunists main sin - CORRECT ANSWER - Moral Cowardice
What is the punishment of the Opportunists - CORRECT ANSWER - Constantly chasing a
blank banner while being chased by wasps, covered in pus, and stepping on maggots
Why is the banner blank? - CORRECT ANSWER - It represents following the crowd, and
never taking a stand for yourself
Why are wasps stinging the Opportunists - CORRECT ANSWER - They represent a guilty
conscience
What is the irony of Circle Zero - CORRECT ANSWER - No one has been deemed
worthy enough for Heaven, but not wretched enough for Hell
Who is the Pope that resides in Circle Zero - CORRECT ANSWER - Celestine V
Why is Celestine V in Circle Zero - CORRECT ANSWER - He resigned as Pope, then a
string of corrupt and lackluster Popes came afterwards
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What does the Dark Wood Of Error represent - CORRECT ANSWER - Worldliness
What does the Sun represent - CORRECT ANSWER - Divine illumination
What makes Dante's wish to climb Mount Joy impactful - CORRECT ANSWER - It is the
Easter Season, time of resurrection (This is Dante's perfect chance to fix himself)
The Three Beasts of Worldliness - CORRECT ANSWER - Leopard of Malice, Lion of
Violence, She Wolf of Incontinence (lack of self control/belief in God)
Which beast scares Dante the most - CORRECT ANSWER - She-Wolf
What does Virgil represent - CORRECT ANSWER - Human Reason
Why must Virgil guide Dante through Hell - CORRECT ANSWER - There is no way to
get past the Three Beasts
Why does Dante deny Virgil's quest - CORRECT ANSWER - Dante feels he is beyond
saving
Why is Virgil the guardian of Dante - CORRECT ANSWER - Virgil was vocal about
Roman independence during the Trojan War (Dante is Italian)
Why is Dante the main sinner in Cantos 1 and 2 - CORRECT ANSWER - He believes he
cannot be saved by Virgil
, What does Beatrice represent - CORRECT ANSWER - Divine Reason
Name the 3 women who convince Dante to go along with Virgil - CORRECT ANSWER -
Virgin Mary (Compassion) Saint Lucia (Divine Light) Rachel (Contemplative Life)
What is the first layer of Hell - CORRECT ANSWER - Circle Zero (Vestibule of Hell)
Who are in Circle Zero - CORRECT ANSWER - The Opportunists (people who never
lived good or bad lives)
What is the opportunists main sin - CORRECT ANSWER - Moral Cowardice
What is the punishment of the Opportunists - CORRECT ANSWER - Constantly chasing a
blank banner while being chased by wasps, covered in pus, and stepping on maggots
Why is the banner blank? - CORRECT ANSWER - It represents following the crowd, and
never taking a stand for yourself
Why are wasps stinging the Opportunists - CORRECT ANSWER - They represent a guilty
conscience
What is the irony of Circle Zero - CORRECT ANSWER - No one has been deemed
worthy enough for Heaven, but not wretched enough for Hell
Who is the Pope that resides in Circle Zero - CORRECT ANSWER - Celestine V
Why is Celestine V in Circle Zero - CORRECT ANSWER - He resigned as Pope, then a
string of corrupt and lackluster Popes came afterwards
