Dante's Inferno Cantos Xxii And Xxiii
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A ten question quiz about the twenty-second and twenty-third cantos of Dante's Inferno.
- 1.How many demons made up the "savage company" that escorted Dante and Virgil through the fifth moat?
- A.
Three
- B.
Seven
- C.
Ten
- D.
Thirteen
- 2.'s To what animals did Dante compare the sinners in the pools of boiling pitch?
- A.
Sheep and doves.
- B.
Dolphins and frogs.
- C.
Fish and fowl.
- D.
Chickens and goats.
- 3.How did the captured Navarrian manage to escape the Malebranche?
- A.
Virgil interceded for him.
- B.
He seized a grapnel and struck the captain.
- C.
He leaped off a cliff.
- D.
He bolted and dove under the pitch.
- 4.
- A.
They had to fish Calcabrina and his companion out of the pitch.
- B.
They all began fighting amongst themselves.
- C.
They didn't know what to do after the Navarrian killed their captain.
- D.
They were busy torturing their captive.
- 5.How did Virgil and Dante react when the Malebranche were occupied?
- A.
They left.
- B.
Dante fainted.
- C.
They waited for them to finish.
- D.
Dante talked with another Florentine.
- 6.To which of Aesop's fables did Virgil liken their situation?
- A.
The lion and the mouse.
- B.
The frog and the mouse.
- C.
The fox and the grapes.
- D.
The tortoise and the hare.
- 7.How did Dante and Virgil escape the pursuing Malebranche?
- A.
Virgil led them into another pool of pitch.
- B.
Barbriccia ordered them to stop.
- C.
The pitch covering their wings prevented them from flying.
- D.
Virgil held Dante and slid down into the next chasm.
- 8.How were the hypocrites of the sixth chasm punished?
- A.
They were boiled in pitch.
- B.
They were flayed by the Malebranche.
- C.
They were forced to wear heavy mantles.
- D.
They were hung from trees.
- 9.How is the famous Jew (Caiaphas) who counseled the Pharisees to kill Jesus punished?
- A.
Crucified.
- B.
Crucified upside down.
- C.
Crucified to the ground and trampled.
- D.
An eagle eats his liver, which regrows every day.
- 10.
- A.
He wanted to speak to Caiaphas but Dante wants to leave.
- B.
He realizes Malacoda lied to him.
- C.
He was anticipating summoning the black angels.
- D.
He doesn't believe the Friar.
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