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Dante Alighieri
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What is an English language example of terza rima?
Don Juan
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Who is thought to have invented terza rima?
Virgil
Dante
Chaucer
Shelley
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Where does the number three feature prominently?
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How many cantos does Inferno have?
Thirty-three
Nine
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