Category: Dante

A. Natural light
B. Revelations
C. The light of grace
D. All of the above

A. He believed that eternal life in heaven was the real one.
B. Because he was pagan, he did not believe in heaven.
C. Because he was an early Christian, he believed that heaven was inaccessible.
D. He believed that heaven, hell, and earth were indistinguishable.

A. It is static language with unchanging rules.
B. It is the language spoken by everyday people.
C. It is the only kind of illustrious vernacular.
D. It is synonymous with natural language.

A. Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s underworld focuses on punishment for sins.
B. Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s underworld is concerned with destiny and future.
C. Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s underworld is not expected to last forever.
D. Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s underworld does not include examples of justice.

A. The Italian Renaissance
B. The Black Death
C. The Crusades
D. The Enlightenment

A. A place for cleansing and purification
B. The place of transition between earth, heaven, and hell
C. The setting for the middle portion of Dante’s The Divine Comedy
D. All of the above

A. The circle of violence
B. The circle of wrath
C. The circle of heresy
D. The circle of treachery

A. The politics of Ravenna
B. The politics of ancient Greece
C. The politics of Italian city-states
D. The politics of the Roman Empire

A. It means that sinners must resign themselves to life in hell.
B. It implies that Beatrice will return later in the poem.
C. It suggests that paradise is close to purgatory.
D. It highlights the idea that Dante is on a journey of poetry.

A. Lust is often pure, while love tends to be crude.
B. Lust and love are both sins that place the sinner in hell.
C. Lust involves the subordination of reason to desire.
D. Lust leads to moral improvement, while love is a more destructive force.