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Inferno
Dante Alighieri
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What awaits Dante on the hilltop?
Beatrice
Virgil
Lion, leopard, and she-wolf
The Apostle Paul
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Who are Dante's predecessors in venturing to the afterlife and returning?
Cain and Abel
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Who watches over Dante from heaven?
Virgil
Beatrice, St. Lucia, Mary
Paul
Zeus
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What is The Divine Comedy an allegory for?
The Cave
Communism
Climate change
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The allegorical nature of Dante's poem owes most to which literary tradition?
Greek and Roman epics
Classical allegory
Medieval Christian allegory
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