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Inferno

Dante Alighieri

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- Dante
- Virgil
- Beatrice
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- Ulysses
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Cantos 1-2 Quiz

Further Study Cantos 1-2 Quiz

1 of 5
What awaits Dante on the hilltop?

Beatrice
Virgil
Lion, leopard, and she-wolf
The Apostle Paul

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

Cain and Abel
Ulysses and Homer
Virgil and Beatrice
Paul and Aeneas

3 of 5
Who watches over Dante from heaven?

Virgil
Beatrice, St. Lucia, Mary
Paul
Zeus

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

The Cave
Communism
Climate change
The trials of the Christian soul

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

Greek and Roman epics
Classical allegory
Medieval Christian allegory
Masque

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