Inferno

by: Dante Alighieri

Cantos 1–2 Quick Quiz

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What awaits Dante on the hilltop?

2 of 5
Who are Dante’s predecessors in venturing to the afterlife and returning?

3 of 5
Who watches over Dante from heaven?

4 of 5
What is The Divine Comedy an allegory for?

5 of 5
The allegorical nature of Dante’s poem owes most to which literary tradition?

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