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Quiz about La Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri

"La Divina Commedia" by Dante Alighieri Quiz

Hailed as one of literatures true icons, Dante's imaginary masterpiece, "The Divine Comedy" shines like no other. Truly a work of genius, this quiz details part one of this saga, "Inferno". Let the adventure begin. Enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by Dantecmdy. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Dantecmdy

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
239,032

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
498

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. "In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy...".
What's the missing word? Hint

wood

mist

marsh

haze

NEXT>

Question 2 of 10

2. "How first I enter'd it I scarce can say. Such sleepy dullness in that
instant weigh'd my senses down, when the true path I...". What's the
missing word? Hint

desire

seen

left

wished

NEXT>

Question 3 of 10

3. Who promised to show Dante "The punishment of hell and purgatory and
lead him to Beatrice, who will conduct him into paradise"? Hint

Mantuans

Cerberus

Farinata

Virgil

4. "Here sighs, with lamentations and loud moans. Resounded through the air
pierced by no star. That e'en I wept at entering. Various tongues,
horrible languages, outcries of...". What's the missing word? Hint

woe

guilt

shame

rage

NEXT>

Question 5 of 10

5. "They each one eyed us, as at eventide. One eyes another under a new
moon; and towards us sharpen'd their sight, as keen as an old tailor
at his needle's...". What's the missing word? Hint

tip

stitch

cushion

eye

NEXT>

Question 6 of 10

6. "The hideous monster intertwined his own. Then, as the both had been of
burning wax, each melted into other, mingling..." What's the missing
word? Hint

beings

shapes

hues

flames

NEXT>

Question 7 of 10

7. "We from the bridge's head descended, where to the eighth mound it joins; and then the chasm opening to view. I saw a crowd within of serpents terrible, so strange of...". What's the missing word? Hint

life

size

shape

mind

NEXT>

Question 8 of 10

8. "Oh! how severe God's judgment, that deals out such blows in stormy...".
What's the missing word? Hint

vengeance

wrath

nights

ire

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. "Lo!" he exclaim'd, "lo! Dis; and lo! the place. Where thou hast need to
arm thy heart with...". What's the missing word? Hint

swords

strength

fire

vigor

NEXT>

Question 10 of 10

10. "We climb'd, he first, I following his steps. Till on our view the
beautiful lights of heaven, dawn'd through a circular opening in the
cave: Thence issuing we again beheld the...". What's the missing word?
Hint

gate

night

stars

moon

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy...". What's the missing word?

Answer: wood

Durante degli Alighieri, simply known to the world as Dante, was born
on June 1, 1265 in Florence Italy.

2. "How first I enter'd it I scarce can say. Such sleepy dullness in that instant weigh'd my senses down, when the true path I...". What's the missing word?

Answer: left

Dante's mother, Donna Gabriella degli Abati, died when Dante was five or
six years old. His father married again and soon Dante's brother Francesco and sister Tana were born.

3. Who promised to show Dante "The punishment of hell and purgatory and lead him to Beatrice, who will conduct him into paradise"?

Answer: Virgil

At nine years old, Dante met Beatrice Portinari. Dante would later say he "Fell in love at first sight". Sadly, only pleasantries were exchanged in passing for many years. Not knowing her very well, she died in 1290. "La Vita Nuova" (c.1292) was written as a celebration of Beatrice, and ideal love.

4. "Here sighs, with lamentations and loud moans. Resounded through the air pierced by no star. That e'en I wept at entering. Various tongues, horrible languages, outcries of...". What's the missing word?

Answer: woe

When Dante was 12, in 1277, he was promised by contract to marry Gemma
di Manetto Donati. Despite being young, it was quite common in that era.
They later went on to have four children, Jacopo, Pietro, Giovanni, and Antonia.

5. "They each one eyed us, as at eventide. One eyes another under a new moon; and towards us sharpen'd their sight, as keen as an old tailor at his needle's...". What's the missing word?

Answer: eye

At 18, Dante became friends with Guido Cavalcanti, Lapo Gianni, Cino de
Pistoia, and later Brunetto Latini. They soon became leaders of "Dolce Stil Novo" (The New Sweet Style). Brunetto gained mention in "Inferno",(XV,82) for the things he taught Dante.

6. "The hideous monster intertwined his own. Then, as the both had been of burning wax, each melted into other, mingling..." What's the missing word?

Answer: hues

Like most Florentines of his day, Dante was part of the Guelf-Ghibelline
conflict, and fought in the battle of Campaldino in June of 1289. He
later went on to support the imperial party.

Answer: shape

In a move to further his career in Florentine politics, Dante became a doctor and a pharmacist, two professions he did not intend on. He later held many positions and titles. In 1300, he was named Prior, one of the six highest magistrates in Florence.

8. "Oh! how severe God's judgment, that deals out such blows in stormy...". What's the missing word?

Answer: vengeance

In 1302, Dante was accused of barratry. He was fined and banished for two years, never to hold any public office. He failed to appear in court, and was condemned to death in absentia.

9. "Lo!" he exclaim'd, "lo! Dis; and lo! the place. Where thou hast need to arm thy heart with...". What's the missing word?

Answer: strength

While in exile, Dante wrote "The Divine Comedy", a vernacular poem in
100 cantos (more than 14,000 lines). With it Dante established Tuscan as
the literary language of Italy.

10. "We climb'd, he first, I following his steps. Till on our view the beautiful lights of heaven, dawn'd through a circular opening in the cave: Thence issuing we again beheld the...". What's the missing word?

Answer: stars

In 1321, while in Venice, he was stricken with fever. On September 13th
Dante Alighieri died at the age of 56 and was buried in Ravenna. In 1829, with regret over his exile, a tomb was built in Florence at the Basilica of Santa Croce. It remains empty to this day.

Source: Author Dantecmdy

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