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While in exile, how did Dante’s opinions about monarchy shift ?
A. He came to prefer the idea of an enlightened emperor.
B. He decided that only a dictator should be in power.
C. He decided that only the Catholic Church should be in power.
D. He came to the realization that all emperors are unjust.
In The Paradiso, who leads Dante on his tour of heaven ?
A. Virgil
B. Beatrice
C. Cato
D. Ulysses
In The Purgatorio, what do the steps to the Gate of Purgatory represent ?
A. The seven deadly sins
B. The seven types of sin that keep people from heaven
C. The three components of the perfect confession
D. The eight beatitudes
In The Inferno, where is hell physically situated ?
A. Beneath Cairo
B. Beneath Jerusalem
C. Beneath Rome
D. Beneath Florence
In The Paradiso, who questions Dante about hope ?
A. Saint James
B. Saint John
C. Saint Peter
D. Saint Thomas
In The Paradiso, which class of people does Dante place on the moon ?
A. Those with the most constancy of characters
B. The proud
C. The best emperors and rulers
D. The souls of those who abandoned their vows
In The Inferno, what quality does Virgil represent ?
A. Reason
B. Compassion
C. Temperance
D. Fortitude
In The Inferno, who initially leads him around hell ?
A. Saint Augustine
B. Virgil
C. Homer
D. Judas
In The Inferno, how does his journey end ?
A. He remains in hell.
B. He returns to earth.
C. He escapes into Purgatory.
D. He emerges in Paradise.
In The Paradiso, Dante bases his structure of paradise on which of the following ?
A. The Renaissance concept of the planets
B. The Ptolemaic universe
C. Ancient Roman cosmology
D. Ancient Greek cosmology
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