Dante's Inferno Cantos Xxxi And Xxxii
8 Questions
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An eight-question quiz about cantos XXXI and XXXII of Dante's Inferno.
Questions and Answers
- 1.What both wounded and ministered to Dante?
- A.
God's judgment
- B.
Dante's conscience
- C.
Virgil's tongue
- D.
An angel
- 2.What did Virgil warn Dante not to confuse with towers?
- A.
Mountains.
- B.
Demons.
- C.
Castles.
- D.
Giants.
- 3.Who does Virgil declare is to blame for one language no longer being used by the world?
- A.
Raphel
- B.
Nimrod
- C.
Ephialtes
- D.
Briareus
- 4.What does Virgil ask of Antaeus?
- A.
To spare them.
- B.
To guard them.
- C.
To carry them.
- D.
To guide them.
- 5.What is unusual about the lower levels of Dante's Inferno?
- A.
It is cold and icy.
- B.
It is closer to Heaven.
- C.
It is fiery.
- D.
It is empty.
- 6.How are the sinners punished in the first part of the Ninth Circle?
- A.
They burn in eternal fire.
- B.
They are frozen up to their necks in ice.
- C.
They are impaled on icicles.
- D.
They are covered in snow.
- 7.What is the crime for which they suffer?
- A.
They were robbers.
- B.
They were murderers.
- C.
They were fornicators.
- D.
They were traitors.
- 8.What horrific image does Dante use to close this canto?
- A.
A limbless torso.
- B.
A head gnawing another head.
- C.
A forest of impaled bodies.
- D.
A demon devouring a sinner.
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