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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
Which of the following play was written in 1601 ?
A. Othello
B. Hamlet
C. King Lear
D. Macbeth
Which of the following is not a poet ?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Terry Saylor
C. Browning
D. Emily Dickinson
In which school did John Keats study ?
A. John Clarke’s school
B. King’s Grammar School
C. Harrow
D. Eton
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
’Book 1’ of ’Paradise Lost’ presents Satan with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and speaks to them. The first he addresses is described as ’one next to himself in power, and next in crime, long after known in Palestine’. What’s the name of this fallen angel?
A. Mammon
B. Moloch
C. Beelzebub
D. Ashtaroth
In Ulysses, Joyce retells which ancient story ?
A. Homer’s The Iliad
B. Homer’s The Odyssey
C. Virgil’s The Aeneid
D. Sophocles’s Antigone
Which figure of speech is it when a statement is exaggerated in a poem ?
A. Onomatopeia
B. Metonymy
C. Alliteration
D. Hyperbole
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