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Inferno
Dante Alighieri
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Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Cantos I–II
Cantos III–IV
Cantos V–VI
Cantos VII–IX
Cantos X–XI
Cantos XII–XIII
Cantos XIV–XVII
Cantos XVIII–XX
Cantos XXI–XXIII
Cantos XXIV–XXVI
Cantos XXVII–XXIX
Cantos XXX–XXXIII
Canto XXXIV
Addendum: Terza Rima
Characters
Character List
Dante Alighieri
Virgil
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
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Quotes
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Cantos I–II
Cantos III–IV
Cantos V–VI
Cantos VII–IX
Cantos X–XI
Cantos XII–XIII
Cantos XIV–XVII
Cantos XVIII–XX
Cantos XXI–XXIII
Cantos XXIV–XXVI
Cantos XXVII–XXIX
Cantos XXX–XXXIII
Canto XXXIV
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Dante
Virgil
Beatrice
Lucifer
Ulysses
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Context
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Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Cantos 1-2
Cantos 3-4
Cantos 5-6
Cantos 7-9
Cantos 10-11
Cantos 12-13
Cantos 14-17
Cantos 18-20
Cantos 21-23
Cantos 24-26
Cantos 27-29
Cantos 30-33
Canto 34
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Cantos 24-26 Quiz
Further Study
Cantos 24-26 Quiz
1
of 5
What kind of sinners slowly merge with serpents that attack them?
The Lustful
Murderers
Thieves
The Sullen
2
of 5
According to Dante, what city has equal fame in Hell as on Earth?
Rome
London
Athens
Florence
3
of 5
What sin is Ulysses being punished for?
Murder
Fraud
Hermeticism
Adultery
4
of 5
What Classical poets does Dante claim to have bested?
Homer and Horace
Virgil and Horace
Ovid and Virgil
Ovid and Lucan
5
of 5
For Dante, what was the primary flaw of Roman antiquity?
The architecture
The violence
Christianity's absence
Christianity's abundance
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