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Which Italian city was Dante born in?
Florence
96.5%
What spirit does Dante first encounter in the dark forest?
Virgil
81.6%
Which famous poet becomes Dante's guide to Hell and Purgatory?
Virgil
81.6%
What is the second beast that Dante encounters?
Lion
81.1%
What is the third and final beast that Dante encounters?
She-wolf
79.1%
What is the name of the first canticle of the Divine Comedy?
Inferno
75.1%
Who does Virgil say will take Dante to Heaven?
Beatrice
72.1%
How many cantos are in each canticle of the Divine Comedy (besides the Inferno)?
33
70.1%
What is the name of the second canticle of the Divine Comedy?
Purgatorio
69.7%
What is the first beast that Dante comes across?
Leopard
68.7%
How old is Dante at the beginning of the poem?
35
68.2%
What year was Dante born?
1265
67.2%
Which city was Dante eventually exiled to, where his remains are kept to this day.
Ravenna
66.7%
In the beginning of Canto 1 of the Inferno, Dante finds himself in dark woods, meant to represent this:
Being in a state of sin
66.2%
Who is the Pilgrim?
Dante
65.2%
'I dragged my stronger foot and limped along'-
why is the Pilgrim limping?
The injury of original sin
62.7%
What year is the Divine Comedy set?
1300
60.7%
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The extra canto in the Inferno serves as a what to the rest of the poem?
Introduction
60.2%
Why are there so many things that are multiples of three in the Divine Comedy? (hint: think major tenants of Catholicism)
Trinity
59.7%
What types of sins does that beast represent?
Violence
58.2%
What is the name of the third and final canticle of the Divine Comedy?
Paridisio
54.2%
Under what ruler was Virgil born?
Julius Caesar
52.7%
What day does the poem open on?
Good Friday
49.8%
What types of sins does it represent?
incontinence
49.3%
What is the name of the interlocking rhyme scheme that Dante created for this poem?
Terza rima
49.3%
What time in the day?
Early morning
49.3%
What is the 'second death' that Virgil speaks of?
Damnation
46.8%
In the first political prophecy, what animal is mentioned?
A greyhound
43.3%
When was the Divine Comedy written
1302
39.8%
Who is the son of Anchises?
Aeneas
37.3%
When did Virgil die?
19 BCE
36.3%
Where were Virgil's parents born?
Mantua
27.4%
What types of sins does the first beast represent?
Fraudulent
26.9%
Dante's prediction of a modern political redeemer is very enigmatic. However, most scholars think he is referring to this man who,Dante's benefactor after his exile from Florence.
Cangrande
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