Category: Dante

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.

A. Sapia
B. Cato
C. Sordello
D. All of the above

A. “The sweet silence”
B. “The sweetness of love”
C. “Sweet and still”
D. “Sweet new style”

A. The absence of heretics and monsters in medieval church history
B. The conflict between ancient Romans and the early Church
C. The impossibility for sinners to repent
D. The righteousness of the Roman Empire over time

A. The movement to write more in vernacular
B. The intellectual movement interested in classical antiquity
C. The scientific movement away from classical antiquity
D. The movement based on literature about courtly love

A. He says that God’s ways are similar to those of Roman emperors.
B. He says that God’s ways are extremely simple.
C. He says that God’s ways are beyond human understanding.
D. He says that God’s ways are only available to those in heaven.

A. The planets
B. The seven deadly sins
C. The Augustan calendar
D. The seven sacraments