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Inferno Trivia Quiz

Quick quiz on the Inferno. Have fun!

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

Author
lindseymonster

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
15,978

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1644

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who is the author of Inferno? Hint

Dante Alighieri

John Milton

Niccolo Machiavelli

Petrarch

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who is the pilgrim's guide through Hell? Hint

Aeneas

Homer

Virgil

Ovid

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Question 3 of 10

3. What word is the last word of the last sentence used in Inferno?

Answer: (It is also the last word of Purgatorio and Paradiso.)

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Question 4 of 10

4. On what holiday does the pilgrim's trip through Hell occur? Hint

New Year's Day

Christmas Day

Good Friday

Easter Sunday

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Question 5 of 10

5. In which part of Hell would you find the virtuous unbaptized, including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and others? Hint

Limbo

Marsh of Styx

City of Dis

River Phlegethon

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the second circle, what was the punishment for those who were lustful on Earth? Hint

To run from snakes and serpents

To crash into each other with large rolling weights

To be thrown about in an eternal windstorm

To walk eternally in lead-lined cloaks

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Question 7 of 10

7. Whose job is it to judge the condemned souls, and wraps his tail around his body to signify which circle they belong in? Hint

Geryon

Minos

Lucifer

Chiron

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Question 8 of 10

8. In which circle are those who comitted one of ten types of fraud kept in 'malebolge?' Hint

the ninth circle

the seventh circle

the sixth circle

The eighth circle

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which area is not part of the ninth circle? Hint

Romena

Caina

Ptolomea

Judecca

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which pope is found among the simoniacs, suffering even worse than the others? Hint

BonifaceVIII

Clement V

Benedict XI

Nicholas III

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is the author of Inferno?

Answer: Dante Alighieri

2. Who is the pilgrim's guide through Hell?

Answer: Virgil

3. What word is the last word of the last sentence used in Inferno?

Answer: stars

This follows the theme of the number three.

4. On what holiday does the pilgrim's trip through Hell occur?

Answer: Good Friday

The trip through Heaven in Paradiso is completed 2 days later on Easter in 1300.

5. In which part of Hell would you find the virtuous unbaptized, including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and others?

Answer: Limbo

Because they weren't baptized, Dante decided that they wouldn't be allowed in Heaven, but they didn't belong in Hell.

6. In the second circle, what was the punishment for those who were lustful on Earth?

Answer: To be thrown about in an eternal windstorm

7. Whose job is it to judge the condemned souls, and wraps his tail around his body to signify which circle they belong in?

Answer: Minos

8. In which circle are those who comitted one of ten types of fraud kept in 'malebolge?'

Answer: The eighth circle

Malebolge means 'evil pouches' or 'evil pockets' in Italian.

9. Which area is not part of the ninth circle?

Answer: Romena

Romena is a town in Italy.

10. Which pope is found among the simoniacs, suffering even worse than the others?

Answer: Nicholas III

Nicholas III was waiting for Boniface VIII to take his place, but he was still alive up on Earth.

Source: Author lindseymonster

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