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4.14.F - Test: Dante's Inferno Exam – Questions and answers
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4.14.F - Test: Dante's Inferno Exam –Questions and answers
Who was the girl that Dante met only twice, but had a huge impact on his
life? - -Beatrice
-What is the term for: a very formal, secret, unrequited and highly respectful
form of admiration for another person. - -Courtly love
-Which town was Dante born and raised in? - -Florence
-Why was Dante exiled from his hometown? - -His politcal party fell out of
power
-The Divine Comedy is a long poem that contains three books, which are
called: - -Purgatorio
Inferno
Paradisio
-Dante put a lot of thought into the language he wrote his poems in, so he
decided to write The Divine Comedy in... - -Italian dialects
-Plays that traveled around between cities and used allegorical
performances to teach morality to young audience members were called: - -
morality plays
-Which literary device is a phrase or image that has a double meaning, and
can be understood on a literal, but also symbolic level? - -allegory
-Which of the following areas did Dante utilize the number three in his
poem? - -the number of cantos in each poem
the number of rhymed lines
the number of lines in a stanza
-Which literary term is a casual reference in literature to a person, place,
event, or another passage of literature, often without explicit identification? -
-allusions
-Which poet will act as Dante's guide through Purgatory? - -virgil
-What is the difference between a tragedy and comedy in classical
literature? - -A comedy ends happily and a tragedy ends poorly
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