Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Where is Dante from? - CORRECT ANSWER - Florence, Italy
When Dante was alive there was a political appeal in his day and there was two sides, names? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Guelphs and Ghilbellines
Who do Guelphs support - CORRECT ANSWER - Roman pontiffs/popes
Who does Ghibellines support - CORRECT ANSWER - The emperor
Dante is falsely accused and is sentenced to.... But he - CORRECT ANSWER - Death and
kids killed, he runs away
3 different parts of inferno - CORRECT ANSWER - Purgatory, inferno, paradise
Purgatory is and does what - CORRECT ANSWER - Middle, hell and heaven, work off
sin
Where do the 9 angels resign - CORRECT ANSWER - Paradise
Infernos purpose - CORRECT ANSWER - Recognition of sin
Purgatory purpose - CORRECT ANSWER - Renunciation (get rid of) of sin
Paradise purpose - CORRECT ANSWER - Pinnacle (top) of joy
, Cantos means... - CORRECT ANSWER - Chapter
Comedy is - CORRECT ANSWER - Story that starts sad and ends happy
Conus and Oda are examples of - CORRECT ANSWER - Rustic Song
Who does Dante love - CORRECT ANSWER - Beatrice
Beatrice name means - CORRECT ANSWER - She who blesses
Who does Dante make Dante's inferno the guide throughout purgatory and paradise - CORRECT
ANSWER - Beatrice
Who picks Virgil as the guide throughout the inferno - CORRECT ANSWER - Virgin
mary
Guide through inferno - CORRECT ANSWER - Virgil
Style and structure of Dante's inferno - CORRECT ANSWER - Italian and vernacular
Who created the rhyme scheme - CORRECT ANSWER - Terra rima
Divine comedy is built on a _____ _____ - CORRECT ANSWER - Rhyme scheme
Terarima is inspired by - CORRECT ANSWER - Holy trinity
Allegory - CORRECT ANSWER - Literal, figurative, teaches a moral lesson