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1. Where in Dante's Inferno would you find the Malboge (evil pouches), which were shaped like an arena with 10 concentric trenches?
    1st Circle
    3rd Circle
    2nd Circle
    8th Circle


2. In T.S. Eliot's 'Four Quartets', what geographical location does Dry Salvages refer to?
    Cape Ann
    Cotsvold harbor
    Somerset Village
    Branwell Park


3. Which of the following was not one of the 3 temptations of Satan to Christ?
    turn stone to bread
    given all the kingdom of the world
    dash himself from the parapet
    turn water to wine


4. Which of the beasts were not found in Dante's Canto 1 of the Inferno?
    she-wolf
    lion
    leopard
    minotaur


5. The 3 magi (Wise-ones) all had particular symbolic-meanings to their name. What did Balthasar mean?
    White one
    Lord of light
    Dark one
    Lord of treasures


6. In Gulliver's Travel...what was the island that hovered over Lagado and contained the Royal Society of London?
    Balnibarbi
    Luggnagg
    Brobdingnag
    Glubbdubrib


7. Who were the 2 winged-sons of the North Wind ( Boreas)?
    Hyacinthus Zephyr
    Calais Zetes
    Notus Eurus
    Aeolus Xanthus


8. How many times more powerful is nuclear force compared to electromagnetive force?
    1 million
    billion times
    1
    137


9. Besides - Doric, Ionian, and Corinthian, what are the other 2 styles of classical architectural styles?
    Roman Byzantine
    Palladian Tuscan
    Composite Berninian
    Composite Tuscan


10. The 'Les Six' was coined by Collet, to match up with the Mighty Five-Russian composers. Whose name, unfortunately translated to 'ass-cutter'?
    Milhaud
    Tailleferre
    Poulenc
    Honegger


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