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"La Divina Commedia" by Dante Alighieri

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Dante : "La Divina Commedia" by Dante Alighieri

Introduction:
"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."


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


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?
    seen
    left
    wished
    desire


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


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?
    tip
    eye
    cushion
    stitch


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?
    hues
    flames
    shapes
    beings


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?
    life
    size
    shape
    mind


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


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?
    swords
    strength
    fire
    vigor


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?
    gate
    night
    stars
    moon


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