The Inferno was written during this literary movement.
What is The Italian Renaissance?
100
Holiday when imaginary journey takes place.
What is Easter weekend? (Good Friday thru Easter)
100
These sinners are demonstrated in Canto V:
What are the Lustful?
100
The Gluttonous
What is Circle three?
200
Guide through hell, he is allegorical symbol for wisdom and human reason.
Who is Virgil?
200
Dante's great love when he was a child, she is considered th inspiration for The Inferno.
Who is Beatrice Portinari?
200
Two of the three animals Dante encounters at the beginning:
What are the leopard, lion, and she-wolf.
200
This punishment befalls the sinners of Canto V:
What is being swept up in an eternal wind?
200
Those is Limbo:
What is circle one?
300
The monster who stands at the front of the endless line of sinners. He wraps his tail around, indicating the circles to which the sinners soul must go.
Who is Minos?
300
Dante was exiled from this city:
What is Florence?
300
Dante wakes up alone here, not knowing how he got here:
What is a dark woods?
300
Dammed lover tells Dante that this inspired her to commit her sin:
What is Literature? (The story of Lancelot and Guinevere)
300
The violent:
What is Circle seven?
400
The three headed dog who tries to stop the protagonist and his guide.
Who is Cerberus?
400
The two political parties who were at war. One favored local authority while the other favored imperial authority.
What are the Guelphs and Ghibelines?
400
Dante sees this as a symbol that he must make this journey through Hell:
What are rays of light over the mountain?
400
The atmosphere at the core of The Inferno:
What is ice?
400
The Hoarders:
What is circle four?
500
One of the two lovers Dante meets in the 2nd circle of Hell.
Who are Francesca and Paolo?
500
Holy Roman Emperor who Dante believed would bring peace. His death caused Dante to become disillusioned.
Who is Henry the seventh?
500
Give one of the three main themes of The Inferno as explained in the introductory PowerPoint:
What are epic journey (picaresque), survival of the unfittest, reversal of fortune.
500
The three sinners eternally being chewed in Satan's mouth: