DANTE'S INFERNO FINAL EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
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✔✔What punishment do fortune-tellers and diviners suffer in the eighth circle of Hell?
They are trapped in their crystal balls.
They must walk backwards for eternity.
They are not allowed to know the future.
They have no memories of their past. - ✔✔They must walk backwards for eternity.
✔✔Which demographic is Dante most interested in meeting while traveling through
Hell?
women
the clergy
Italians
artisans - ✔✔Italians
✔✔What type of robes are hypocrites fated to wear in the sixth bolgia of the eighth
circle of Hell?
threadbare robes
lead robes
wet robes
thorny robes - ✔✔lead robes
✔✔About what issue do the poets discover that Malacoda had lied to them?
The bridge crossing the bolgias is broken and unusable.
All of the circles of hell cannot be navigated by Virgil.
Satan will not assist Dante and Virgil on their journey.
The heretics will permit the poets to pass unmolested. - ✔✔The bridge crossing the
bolgias is broken and unusable.
, ✔✔For what sin was Ulysses condemned to Hell?
killing Scylla
worshipping Zeus
creating the Trojan Horse
abandoning his wife - ✔✔creating the Trojan Horse
✔✔In response to Count Guido da Montefeltro's query in the eighth bolgia of the eighth
circle of Hell, what does Dante say are the current political conditions of Italy?
The city-states are in open war with one another.
The country is experiencing a temporary peace.
The clergy is staging a mass excommunication.
The peasants are revolting against their rulers. - ✔✔The country is experiencing a
temporary peace.
✔✔Why are the bodies of Mahomet and Ali cleft open?
They caused religious schisms during their lives.
They were secretive in their religious worship.
They stole from their followers for personal gain.
They lied about the ways a person could reach Paradise. - ✔✔They caused religious
schisms during their lives.
✔✔Who are the guardians of the ninth and final circle of Hell?
harpies
devils
giants
gorgons - ✔✔giants
✔✔How do the poets descent from the eighth to the ninth circle of Hell?
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✔✔What punishment do fortune-tellers and diviners suffer in the eighth circle of Hell?
They are trapped in their crystal balls.
They must walk backwards for eternity.
They are not allowed to know the future.
They have no memories of their past. - ✔✔They must walk backwards for eternity.
✔✔Which demographic is Dante most interested in meeting while traveling through
Hell?
women
the clergy
Italians
artisans - ✔✔Italians
✔✔What type of robes are hypocrites fated to wear in the sixth bolgia of the eighth
circle of Hell?
threadbare robes
lead robes
wet robes
thorny robes - ✔✔lead robes
✔✔About what issue do the poets discover that Malacoda had lied to them?
The bridge crossing the bolgias is broken and unusable.
All of the circles of hell cannot be navigated by Virgil.
Satan will not assist Dante and Virgil on their journey.
The heretics will permit the poets to pass unmolested. - ✔✔The bridge crossing the
bolgias is broken and unusable.
, ✔✔For what sin was Ulysses condemned to Hell?
killing Scylla
worshipping Zeus
creating the Trojan Horse
abandoning his wife - ✔✔creating the Trojan Horse
✔✔In response to Count Guido da Montefeltro's query in the eighth bolgia of the eighth
circle of Hell, what does Dante say are the current political conditions of Italy?
The city-states are in open war with one another.
The country is experiencing a temporary peace.
The clergy is staging a mass excommunication.
The peasants are revolting against their rulers. - ✔✔The country is experiencing a
temporary peace.
✔✔Why are the bodies of Mahomet and Ali cleft open?
They caused religious schisms during their lives.
They were secretive in their religious worship.
They stole from their followers for personal gain.
They lied about the ways a person could reach Paradise. - ✔✔They caused religious
schisms during their lives.
✔✔Who are the guardians of the ninth and final circle of Hell?
harpies
devils
giants
gorgons - ✔✔giants
✔✔How do the poets descent from the eighth to the ninth circle of Hell?
