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Sins and Circles
Literary Terms
Who Said That?
About the Authors
Get In Character
100
Which circle is the home of the virtuous pagans?
What is Circle 1: Limbo
100
A story about an arrangement in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success.
What is a Faustian Legend
100
"What might the staying of my blood portend? Is it unwilling that I should write this bill?"
Who is Dr. Faustus
100
Was born in Florence, Italy
Who is Dante
100
The name of the muse that Milton invokes to write Paradise Lost.
Who is Urania
200
These sinners spend eternity being whipped around in a whirlwind.
Who are the Lustful
200
A rhyming verse stanza form first used by Dante, that consists of an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme.
What is terza rima
200
"Not man, though man I once was, and my blood was Lombard, both my parents Mantuan."
Who is Virgil
200
This author used numerical symbolism (3) in his work.
Who is Dante
200
Was Satan's servant and Faustus' guide
Who is Mephistopheles
300
These sinners either fight each other or are submerged and drowning in the River Styx.
Who are the Wrathful/Sullen
300
A reference to something in literature or history that the audience is supposed to know.
What is an allusion
300
"The mind is its own place, and in itself/Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven."
Who is Satan
300
Was a Humanist and a Puritan.
Who is Milton
300
Passes judgement on sinners in Circle 2 by wrapping his tail around them.
Who is Minos
400
These sinners are guarded by the three-headed dog, Cerberus
Who are the Gluttonous
400
A genre that has the following characteristics: 1) hero; 2) is long; 3) tells a story; 4) is a poem
What is an Epic
400
"By other windings and by other steerage shall you cross to that other shore. Not here! Not here!"
Who is Charon
400
Was allegedly murdered by Ingram Frizer.
Who is Marlowe
400
The three traitors in the three mouths of Satan in Circle 9.
Who are Brutus, Cassius and Judas
500
This circle contains 2 groups pushing a weighted boulder back and forth
What is Circle 4: Avraricious and Prodigal
500
This principle delivers an appropriate punishment based on a crime.
What is contrapasso
500
"I also used to read too slow. I don't need these glasses ...my eyes being a figment of my imagination."
Who is The Tracker
500
The name of the woman Dante wrote about in his poetry.
Who is Beatrice
500
The name of Chris Nielson's daughter as an adult.
What is Leona