DANTE'S INFERNO EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS { GRADED
A+}
When did Dante live? - ✔✔1265-1321 (barely in middle ages)
Where was Dante born? - ✔✔Florence
What political turmoil was occurring during Dante's life in Florence? -
✔✔argument between Holy Roman Emperor and Pope about
separation between church and state
Why was Dante exiled? - ✔✔because he did not support the party that
won the argument
, When Dante wrote the divine comedy, How did he determine where
people would be placed in Hell? - ✔✔the people who had a direct hand
in his exile were lower in Hell
What is the Divine comedy about? - ✔✔an allegory about a man's
search for salvation (dante) while on a journey through sin, the
recognition of sin, and salvation
What is an allegory? - ✔✔the discussion of one subject by disguising it
as another; there must be some similarity between the two
What two levels may an allegory be read on? - ✔✔literally and
symbolically
In English literature what is a comedy? in this case? - ✔✔a story that
has a happy ending, dante is saved
What does Divine represent? - ✔✔reflects respect it was given or
perhaps its religious subject
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS { GRADED
A+}
When did Dante live? - ✔✔1265-1321 (barely in middle ages)
Where was Dante born? - ✔✔Florence
What political turmoil was occurring during Dante's life in Florence? -
✔✔argument between Holy Roman Emperor and Pope about
separation between church and state
Why was Dante exiled? - ✔✔because he did not support the party that
won the argument
, When Dante wrote the divine comedy, How did he determine where
people would be placed in Hell? - ✔✔the people who had a direct hand
in his exile were lower in Hell
What is the Divine comedy about? - ✔✔an allegory about a man's
search for salvation (dante) while on a journey through sin, the
recognition of sin, and salvation
What is an allegory? - ✔✔the discussion of one subject by disguising it
as another; there must be some similarity between the two
What two levels may an allegory be read on? - ✔✔literally and
symbolically
In English literature what is a comedy? in this case? - ✔✔a story that
has a happy ending, dante is saved
What does Divine represent? - ✔✔reflects respect it was given or
perhaps its religious subject
