Who guards the mountain of Purgatory? - ansCato of Utica. Suicide over submission to
Tyranny.
What does Cato represent? - ansFreedom
What is purgatory? - ansSecond realm of Christian afterlife
Souls who died in God's grace
Fire and Purgatory - ansPurging fire for souls who had habits of sin
How do sinners shorten their time in Purgatory? - ansThe prayers from people on Earth.
When does Dante start his journey into Purgatory? - ansEaster Sunday, 1300
Who are in Ante-Purgatory? - ansLate repentants, excommunicated souls, indolent,
unabsolved, and rulers
Who are the indolent? - ansante-purg for apathy or laziness in repenting
Who are the unabsolved? - ansThose who repented before they died.
Why are rulers in ante-purg? - ansBecause they had delayed repentance bc of their political
obligations
Four cardinal virtues: - ansPrudence, justice, courage, temperance
Three theological virtues - ansFaith, Hope, Charity
, Where is Ante-Purgatory? - ansBetween the island's shoreline and the gate of P.
Bea is represented by what planet? - ansVenus. Canto I
How does Cato of Utica feel about his wife? - ansDetached. "She's in hell. Oh well."
Virgil makes mistakes because - ansfaith is superior to reason. V doesn't have faith because
he is reason.
What directions does Cato give Dante and V? - ansFollow the sun. There wasn't a sun in hell.
How do the sinners know D is human? - ansHe casts a shadow
Four kinds of interpretation - ansliteral
allegorical
moral
anagogical
the late repentants are singing - ansin exit israel de Aegypto"
death / burial song
Who does Dante see in Ante-Purg / hugs? - ansD's friend Casella.
River where souls wait for Purgatory's angel? - ansLazio / Tiber River
Contrapasso for late repentants? - ansThey took their time repenting, so in Purgatory, they
waste their time.
What excommunicated / kingly soul does Dante recognize? - ansManfred, illegit son of F2 of
SS.
Why do all of the shades want to talk to Dante? - ansSo that he can tell their relatives to pray
for them.
Manfred's appearance - ansblond, handsome, with a cleft eyebrow, likely from his death.
Soul divided. Half of him had a bad life, but the other half repented.
Split personality
Manfred's bones - ansManfred's bones were dug up and dumped into a river. His daughter,
Constance, prays for him.
Canto 4 - ansThe indolent
Canto 5 - ansThe unabsolved / late repentants.
The unabsolved sing what song? - ansMiserere "forgiveness song"
Who does Dante meet that's unabsolved? - ansBonconte da Montefeltro
Pia de' Tolomei
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