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Inferno
Dante Alighieri
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Who takes Dante and Virgil across the river to the Gates of Hell?
Satan
Plato
Charon
Styx
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Which one of these souls was granted amnesty by Christ?
Moses
Virgil
Aristotle
Cain
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How is Hell described?
As a cave
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How does Dante finally understand Hell?
A nightmare
A divine enactment of justice
A pitiful display
A viable alternative to Heaven
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Dante's interpretation of Hell aligns most with which medieval scholar?
Erasmus
Roger Bacon
Martin Luther
Thomas Aquinas
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