Dante's Inferno Cantos Xiv And Xv
A ten question quiz on the fourteenth and fifteenth cantos of Dante's Inferno.
- 1.What is the hallmark of the third ring of the Seventh Circle?
- A.
The molten lava
- B.
The burning sand
- C.
The venomous swamp
- D.
The shining void
- 2.What does Virgil describe as the most notable thing that Dante's eyes have seen to this point on his adventure?
- A.
The red streamlet
- B.
The poisoned wood
- C.
The burning sepulchers
- D.
The forbidding walls of Dis
- 3.Which group of naked souls suffered the worst pain from the rain of fire?
- A.
Those who lay supine (the violent against God).
- B.
Those who sit huddled up (the violent against Art).
- C.
Those who must keep moving (the violent against Nature).
- D.
Those who stand on their heads (the violent against History.)
- 4.Who is the king whose pride is unquenched by Hell's torments?
- A.
Giacomo da Sant'Andrea
- B.
Zeus
- C.
Capaneus
- D.
Epaminonides
- 5.What three rivers descend to form Cocytus?
- A.
Lethe, Phlegethon, and Styx
- B.
Phlegethon, Acheron, and Cerebus
- C.
Minos, Dis, and Hades
- D.
Acheron, Styx, and Phlegethon
- 6.Who does Dante recognize amidst the band of spirits at the river bank?
- A.
Giacomo de Medici
- B.
Brunetto Latini
- C.
Cesare Borgia
- D.
Roberto Calvini
- 7.Why does the spirit met by Dante refuse to stop and sit with him?
- A.
He is marching towards Limbo.
- B.
He will burn for one hundred years.
- C.
He is an enemy of Dante's.
- D.
He does not recognize Dante.
- 8.Who are described as an "ungrateful and malignant people"?
- A.
The people of Rome
- B.
The people of Italy
- C.
The people of Fesole
- D.
The people of Venice
- 9.In what Italian city did the winner of a race win a green cloth?
- A.
Rome
- B.
Florence
- C.
Milan
- D.
Verona
- 10.Of what were the feet of the statue that was the source of Hell's rivers made?
- A.
Iron and Clay
- B.
Gold
- C.
Silver
- D.
Brass
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