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MCQs: In The Inferno, who initially leads him around hell ?
MCQs 1: What is terza rima ?
A traditional type of poetry rejected by Dante in favor of new rhyme schemes
A form of blank verse
A poetic form with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme
A poetic form with five-line stanzas
MCQs 2: What is contrapasso ?
The idea that the punishment fits the crime
The poetic verse form used in Vita Nuova
The structure of the cantos in The Divine Comedy
The theme of love and lust in The Divine Comedy
MCQs 3: The phrase “where the sun is silent” is an example of which poetic device ?
MCQs 4: In The Inferno, who defends the city of Dis ?
MCQs 5: In The Inferno, which historical character is found in Satan’s mouth ?
MCQs 6: In The Inferno, what quality does Virgil represent ?
MCQs 7: In The Inferno, how is heresy defined ?
As the denial of the soul’s immortality
As the rejection free will
As the choiceof lust over love
As the decision to indulge in various sins
MCQs 8: In The Inferno, how are the wrathful punished ?
They violently fight each other in a muddy swamp.
They are burned in their graves.
They roll heavy stones onto one another.
They are forced to lie under the surface of a marsh.
MCQs 9: In The Inferno, Cerberus is the protector of which circle of hell ?
MCQs 10: According to Robert Hollander, what are the two types of allegory used by Dante ?
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