Life of Dante
The Divine Comedy
Places
People
Vocab
100
What City was Dante from?
Florence
100
When did Dante finish writing the Inferno
1320
100
What is the boundary between Earth and the Underworld?
The River Styx
100
What is the name of the ferryman?
Charon
100
A (n) _______ is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Allegory
200
Who was the love of Dante's life?
Beatrice
200
The Divine Comedy is made up of ________ parts.
3
200
Minos is the king of ___________.
Crete
200
Who was Dantes least favorite Pope?
Boniface VIII
200
________ means extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
Avarice
300
What political party did Dante belong to?
White Guelphs
300
What is the the section of the Divine Comedy that is about Heaven called?
Paradisio
300
A Tuscan word for "purse" or "pouch" Also a hole in the ground
bolgia
300
Who was Filippo Argenti?
A Florentine and political enemy of Dante in real life.
300
_________ is a person believing in or practicing religious heresy.
Heretic
400
When did Dante die?
1321
400
What is the fictional date that The Inferno begins on?
Easter Season 1300
400
What is the "river of woe"?
Acheron
400
Who is the hero of the Homeric epics the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Ulysses
400
What does contrapasso mean?
suffer the opposite
500
What was the name of Dantes wife?
Gemma Di Manetto Donati
500
Who is Dantes guide through hell?
Virgil
500
How many circles of hell is there in The Inferno?
9
500
The two Romans that betrayed Julius Ceaser
Brutus and Cassius
500
_________ are demons that guard corrupt politicians
Malebranche
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