Dante's Inferno Cantos X And Xi
7 Questions
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A 7-question quiz on the tenth and eleventh cantos of Dante's Inferno.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Which philosopher, who believed the soul died with the body, is buried in the sepulchres?
- A.
Archimedes
- B.
Euripedes
- C.
Epicurus
- D.
Zeno
- 2.What shattered the hope of the shadow that rose from the sepulchres?
- A.
The news that the Pope's party had triumphed in Florence.
- B.
The news that his son was no longer living.
- C.
The news that Christ had already come and gone from Hell.
- D.
Virgil drove him away.
- 3.Regarding what aspect of time do the dead know nothing?
- A.
The past
- B.
The present
- C.
The future
- D.
All of the above.
- 4.What causes Virgil and Dante to take refuge on the descent to the Seventh Circle?
- A.
The Circle's dreadful Guardian.
- B.
The flock of fallen angels.
- C.
The awful screams.
- D.
The fetid stench.
- 5.What is the worst of the three sins of the Seventh Circle?
- A.
Violence
- B.
Hypocrisy
- C.
Fraud
- D.
None of the above
- 6.What are the three evils to be avoided, according to the Ethics of Aristotle?
- A.
Incontinence, malice, and bestiality.
- B.
Gluttony, sloth, and lust.
- C.
Theft, murder, and adultery
- D.
Hypocrisy, fraud, and homosexuality
- 7.Which evil being flouts Nature?
- A.
The sodomite
- B.
The kinslayer
- C.
The blasphemer
- D.
The usurer
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