Dante's Inferno Cantos Xx And Xxi
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A ten question quiz about the twentieth and twenty-first cantos of Dante's Inferno.
Questions and Answers
- 1.What strange physical manifestation inflicts the Sorcerors in the fourth chasm?
- A.
Their genitals are grotesquely engorged.
- B.
Their eye sockets are empty.
- C.
Their bodies are covered with hair.
- D.
Their faces are turned backwards.
- 2.Which of the four names was NOT a sorceror or soothsayer encountered by Dante?
- A.
Amphiaraus
- B.
Aruns
- C.
Bacchus
- D.
Tiresias
- 3.What city was named after a sorceress whom Virgil pointed out to Dante?
- A.
Firenza
- B.
Mantua
- C.
Venezia
- D.
Siena
- 4.Lake Garda appears in this canto, but under a different name. What was the name of the lake "walled by the Alps behind it"?
- A.
Maggiore
- B.
Benaco
- C.
Como
- D.
Rubica
- 5.What doomed soul does Virgil inform Dante appeared in his "high Traged", the Aeneid?
- A.
Aeneas
- B.
Turnus
- C.
Eurypylus
- D.
Evander
- 6.The fifth chasm brings the poet to mind which famous landmark of a city?
- A.
The seven hills of Rome.
- B.
The leaning tower of Pisa.
- C.
The arsenal of Venice.
- D.
The cathedral of Milan.
- 7.How are the Barrators punished?
- A.
They are boiled in pitch.
- B.
They are stabbed with knives.
- C.
They are drowned in blood.
- D.
They are skinned and rolled in salt.
- 8.___________ is the name of the demon that Virgil confronts and convinces to back down.
- 9.How does Virgil convince the demon to get out of Dante's way?
- A.
He threatens him.
- B.
He begs him.
- C.
He says the magic word.
- D.
He appeals to reason.
- 10.How did the Malebranche escorting Virgil and Dante salute their chief as they departed the chasm?
- A.
They farted.
- B.
They howled.
- C.
They breathed fire.
- D.
They banged their grapnels.
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