Dante test|85 Complete Questions
and Answers
what is a canto - -chapter
-what is an allegory - -a story that has many levels of meaning
-What is terza rima? - -a verse form of 3 lines per stanza
-What is a symbol? - -something that represents something else
-What is contrapasso? - -punishment fits the crime
-What is theme? - -the underlying meaning of a story
-What is vernacular? - -common language
-What is the setting in Dante - -1300, good friday to easter sunday
-what is the dark woods? - -leopard (lust) ,lion (ambition), and wolf (greed)
turn dante from his true path
-What is the vestibule? - -the oppurtunists
-Who is Cerberus? - -three headed dog that guards the entrance to the
Underworld
-What is the punishment in vestibule? - -chase after a blank banner, loose
legacy, stung by wasps
-Who is Charon? - -Ferryman of the underworld
-What is limbo? - -the first circle of hell
-What is dis? - -lower hell
-What is acheron? - -river of woe
-what does minos do? - -tells people what circle of hell to go to
-what is styx? - -river of hate
-Who is the Phylegyas? - -ruler of circle 5, ferryman of styx
, -What is the Phlegethon? - -river of fire
-What is Malebolge? - -the 8th circle of hell
-What is caina?term-19 - -first round of circle 9
-what is judecca? - -fourth round of circle nine
-Who is Plutus? - -demon of wealth that guards circle 4
-What are Furies? - -call for medusa in the sixth circle
-What is a Minotaur? - -Half man half bull circle 7
-What is a centaur? - -half man half horse guard circle 7
-what is a harpie? - -eat and torment sinners circle 7
-What is Geryon? - -seen at end of circle 7 a large statue with wings and
scorpion tail
-What is a Malebranche/ melacoda? - -demons that guard bolgia 5 circle 8
-Who is Antaeus and Nimrod? - -giants that guard circle 9
-Who is lucifer? - -demon in circle 9
-Who were known as Virtuous Pagans? - -Homer, Ovid, Virgil circle one
-Who were Paolo and Francesca? - -francesca and paolo were in laws and
committed adultery
-Who is Dido? - -Queen of Carthage, fell in love with Aeneas
-Who is Cleopatra? - -committed adultery with Marc Antony
-Who is Helen and Paris? - -in the second circle
-Who is Ciacco? - -citizen of florence committed gluttony
-Who is Filippo Argenti? - -new dante key sinner of circle 5
-Who is Epicurus and Farinata? - -key sinners of circle 6
-Why was Epicurus in circle 6? - -he didn't believe in afterlife
and Answers
what is a canto - -chapter
-what is an allegory - -a story that has many levels of meaning
-What is terza rima? - -a verse form of 3 lines per stanza
-What is a symbol? - -something that represents something else
-What is contrapasso? - -punishment fits the crime
-What is theme? - -the underlying meaning of a story
-What is vernacular? - -common language
-What is the setting in Dante - -1300, good friday to easter sunday
-what is the dark woods? - -leopard (lust) ,lion (ambition), and wolf (greed)
turn dante from his true path
-What is the vestibule? - -the oppurtunists
-Who is Cerberus? - -three headed dog that guards the entrance to the
Underworld
-What is the punishment in vestibule? - -chase after a blank banner, loose
legacy, stung by wasps
-Who is Charon? - -Ferryman of the underworld
-What is limbo? - -the first circle of hell
-What is dis? - -lower hell
-What is acheron? - -river of woe
-what does minos do? - -tells people what circle of hell to go to
-what is styx? - -river of hate
-Who is the Phylegyas? - -ruler of circle 5, ferryman of styx
, -What is the Phlegethon? - -river of fire
-What is Malebolge? - -the 8th circle of hell
-What is caina?term-19 - -first round of circle 9
-what is judecca? - -fourth round of circle nine
-Who is Plutus? - -demon of wealth that guards circle 4
-What are Furies? - -call for medusa in the sixth circle
-What is a Minotaur? - -Half man half bull circle 7
-What is a centaur? - -half man half horse guard circle 7
-what is a harpie? - -eat and torment sinners circle 7
-What is Geryon? - -seen at end of circle 7 a large statue with wings and
scorpion tail
-What is a Malebranche/ melacoda? - -demons that guard bolgia 5 circle 8
-Who is Antaeus and Nimrod? - -giants that guard circle 9
-Who is lucifer? - -demon in circle 9
-Who were known as Virtuous Pagans? - -Homer, Ovid, Virgil circle one
-Who were Paolo and Francesca? - -francesca and paolo were in laws and
committed adultery
-Who is Dido? - -Queen of Carthage, fell in love with Aeneas
-Who is Cleopatra? - -committed adultery with Marc Antony
-Who is Helen and Paris? - -in the second circle
-Who is Ciacco? - -citizen of florence committed gluttony
-Who is Filippo Argenti? - -new dante key sinner of circle 5
-Who is Epicurus and Farinata? - -key sinners of circle 6
-Why was Epicurus in circle 6? - -he didn't believe in afterlife
