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MCQs: In The Purgatorio, what is the function of the residents’ punishments ?
The punishments prevent hope from being reborn in sinners.
The punishments keep the sinners from entering the path to salvation.
The punishments allow the sinners to purge their sins.
The punishments remind the sinners that they are damned to hell.
MCQs 1: In The Purgatorio, how does Dante represent the entryway to the seventh terrace of lust ?
He must be allowed by Cerberus to pass.
He must walk through an immense wall of flames.
He must be escorted into the terrace by an angelic messenger.
He must first be ferried across the River Lethe.
MCQs 2: According to most scholars, what does The Purgatorio allegorically represent ?
The penitent life
The afterlife existence for mortal sinners
The heavenly paradise
The earthly paradise
MCQs 3: According to Dr. Mazzotta, what trait distinguishes Dante’s purgatory from his hell ?
Purgatory is less future-oriented.
Purgatory is a place of redemptive intervention.
Purgatory includes references to time.
Purgatory is less rooted in the human, natural world.
MCQs 4: According to Dr. Mazzotta, what is the central allegorical theme in The Purgatorio ?
The poet’s attempt to climb the mountain
The poet’s attempt to find his way back to Florence from Jerusalem
The poet’s descent into hell
The poet’s tour of earthly paradise
MCQs 5: According to Dante, who resides in his ante-purgatory ?
The souls of those who are ready to enter heaven
The souls of those who are not yet ready to purge their sins
The souls of those who are about to enter hell
The souls of the repentant who are punished for their sins
MCQs 6: According to Dante, what place is at the top of his purgatory ?
MCQs 7: Which historical figure appears in the circle of lust ?
MCQs 8: What is limbo ?
In The Inferno, the place for many ancient Roman, Greek, and Egyptian thinkers
For Dante, the home of major figures from the Hebrew Bible
The place for virtuous non-Christian adults
All of the above
MCQs 9: The quote “abandon all hope ye who enter here” is from which text ?
MCQs 10: In which circle would Dante place someone who committed suicide ?
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