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According to Dante, which is necessary in order to make a perfect confession ?
A. The secret confession of sins
B. A lack of remorse
C. The inability to reject one’s old life
D. A sense of gratitude for God’s mercy
In The Paradiso, on what day do the events occur ?
A. Easter Sunday
B. Wednesday after Easter
C. Good Friday
D. All Saint’s Day
What is limbo ?
A. In The Inferno, the place for many ancient Roman, Greek, and Egyptian thinkers
B. For Dante, the home of major figures from the Hebrew Bible
C. The place for virtuous non-Christian adults
D. All of the above
In The Purgatorio, which of the following characters does Dante dream about ?
A. Rachel and Leah
B. Brutus and Cassius
C. Dido and Aeneas
D. Pope Boniface and Pope Clement
In De Monarchia, what language does Dante primarily use ?
A. English
B. Latin
C. Italian
D. Tuscan
According to Dante, when is it most appropriate to use Latin ?
A. In written literature
B. In everyday speech
C. In essays
D. In love poetry
In which way was Dante a precursor of humanism ?
A. He wrote classical epics with Christian materials.
B. He promoted the worship of idolatrous statues from the ancient times.
C. He rejected the influence of Scholasticism.
D. He was uninterested in the poetics of the sublime.
In The Inferno, who defends the city of Dis ?
A. The sinners in the heretic circle
B. The furies
C. The fallen angels
D. The angelic messengers
The quote “abandon all hope ye who enter here” is from which text ?
A. Vita Nuova
B. The Divine Comedy
C. De Vulgari Eloquentia
D. De Monarchia
In The Paradiso, who does Dante meet in the sphere of the sun ?
A. Virgil
B. Thomas Aquinas
C. Judas
D. Cacciaguida
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