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Inferno

Dante Alighieri

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Characters
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- Important Quotes Explained
- Quotes by Theme
- Justice
- Fame
- Deceit
- Quotes by Character
- Dante
- Virgil
- Beatrice
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- Ulysses
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Addendum: Terza Rima Quiz

Further Study Addendum: Terza Rima Quiz

1 of 5
Who tends to miss the importance of the terza rima?

Modern readers
Medieval readers
English language readers
Scholars

2 of 5
What is an English language example of terza rima?

Don Juan
The Canterbury Tales
The Waste Land
Ode to the West Wind

3 of 5
Who is thought to have invented terza rima?

Virgil
Dante
Chaucer
Shelley

4 of 5
Where does the number three feature prominently?

Catholic theology
The Divine Comedy
Terza rima
All of the above

5 of 5
How many cantos does Inferno have?

Thirty-three
Nine
Thirty-four
Three

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