Dante's Inferno- Final Exam – 57
Questions with Answers
what are the three parts of the divine comedy? - -purgatory, paradise,
inferno
-why is it called the divine comedy? - -Dante ends up going to heaven which
results in a happy ending
-three categories of sin - -fraud, violence, incontinence
-what does symbolic retribution mean? - -Dante used symbols to punish
sinners, the punishment reflected their sin on earth
-cocytus - -frozen river
-styx - -river of hate
-phlegethon - -river of fire
-Acheron - -river of woe
-judge of hell - -minos
-where is Giovanni going in hell? - -fraud against kindred
-how many coils can minos wrap around his body? - -9 coils
-how are Francesca and Paulo related? - -Francesca was married to his
brother, Giovanni in which she had an affair with paolo
-plutus - -wolf in hell
-suffers in the lustful - -Francesca
-is betrayed in marriage - -Giovanni
-forever roams the citadel with no hope - -homer
-leads souls across Acheron - -charon
-dante's poetic inspiration - -virgil
-reads the story of Lancelot with his lover - -Paolo
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