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Dante's Inferno Quiz

This quiz covers the punishments for the souls in Hell.

A multiple-choice quiz by angelbec07. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
angelbec07

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
323,289

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
450

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the punishment of the virtuous pagans? Hint

They are swept by a great whirlwind.

They are not tormented. Their only pain is that they have no hope.

Their heads are chewed by Satan.

They have to jump up and down forever.

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the punishment of the Gluttons? Hint

They clash their weights against one another.

They lie in an icy paste, swollen and obscene.

They are wrapped in flames.

They are encased in trees.

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which sinners have leather purses around their necks? Hint

The Simoniacs

The Fraudulent and Malicious

The Violent against God

The Violent against Art

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which sinners are hacked and torn through all eternity by a great demon with a bloody sword? Hint

The Giants

The Sowers of Discord

The Treacherous to Country

The Thieves

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which sinners lie with only half their faces above the ice and their tears freeze in their eye sockets? Hint

The Evil Counselors

The Treacherous to Country

The Treacherous to Guests and Hosts

The Giants

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which sinners move about endlessly, hidden from view inside great flames. Hint

The Treacherous to their masters

The Simoniacs

The Evil Counselors

The Fortune Tellers

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the political enemy of Dante? What group of sinners was he with? Hint

Filippo Argenti; the heretics

Filippo Argenti; the wrathful

Ciacco; the wrathful

Phlegyas; the wrathful

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Question 8 of 10

8. What type of sinner was Farinata? Hint

a fortune teller

a giant

a panderer

a heretic

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who takes the poets in his huge palm and lowers them to the final pit of Hell? Hint

Antaeus

Roland

Nimrod

Mahomet

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Question 10 of 10

10. Where is Antaeus placed in Hell? Hint

with the violent against neighbors

with Satan

with the giants

with fortune tellers

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the punishment of the virtuous pagans?

Answer: They are not tormented. Their only pain is that they have no hope.

This group includes Virgil, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Democritus, Empedocles, Thales, Anaxagoras, and other philosophers. They were born without the light of Christ's revelation; therefore, they cannot come into the light of God.

2. What is the punishment of the Gluttons?

Answer: They lie in an icy paste, swollen and obscene.

Cereberus stands guard over them, ripping and tearing them with his claws and teeth.

3. Which sinners have leather purses around their necks?

Answer: The Violent against Art

Their eyes are set on these purses. They are also crying.

4. Which sinners are hacked and torn through all eternity by a great demon with a bloody sword?

Answer: The Sowers of Discord

Mahomet is the chief among the sowers of religious discord.

5. Which sinners lie with only half their faces above the ice and their tears freeze in their eye sockets?

Answer: The Treacherous to Guests and Hosts

In this section of Hell, Count Ugolino gnaws at Archbishop Ruggieri's head.

6. Which sinners move about endlessly, hidden from view inside great flames.

Answer: The Evil Counselors

Ulysses and Diomedes suffer here for their joint guilt in counseling and carrying out many strategems which Dante considered evil.

7. Who was the political enemy of Dante? What group of sinners was he with?

Answer: Filippo Argenti; the wrathful

Filippo Argenti says, "I am one who weeps." Dante recognizes him and berates him.

8. What type of sinner was Farinata?

Answer: a heretic

Farinata recognizes Dante as a Tuscan. He calls to Dante from one of the fiery tombs. He asks Dante about his lineage.

9. Who takes the poets in his huge palm and lowers them to the final pit of Hell?

Answer: Antaeus

He is the son of Neptune and Tellus.

10. Where is Antaeus placed in Hell?

Answer: with the giants

Hercules killed him by lifting him over his head and strangling him in mid-air.

Source: Author angelbec07

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