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Dante's Inferno Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 beasts Dante meets in the dark woods?

A

leopard, lion, she-wolf

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What does the leopard in the dark woods represent?

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fraudulence

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What does the lion in the dark woods represent?

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violence

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What does the she-wolf in the dark woods represent?

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discontent

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5
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Who are the three ladies of heaven who care for Dante?

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Virgin Mary, St. Lucia, Beatrice

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What is the punishment for those who did not commit to God?

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They walk on worms behind a banner being stung by flies and wasps.

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7
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Who is the demon who who carries Virgil and Dante across the river Acheron on his boat?

A

Charon

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8
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Who is being punished in the ante-inferno?

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those who neither committed to God nor to Satan

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Who is being punished in the first circle of Hell?

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virtuous pagans whose only sin is that they were never baptized

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10
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What shades does Dante meet in the first circle of Hell?

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Homer, Horace, Ovid, Lucan

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11
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What sound does Dante hear rising from the first circle of Limbo?

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“sighs arose from sorrow without torments”

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12
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What is the name of the beast who judges each sinner and decides which circle they belong in?

A

Minos

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13
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What type of sinner is in the second circle of Hell?

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the lustful

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14
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Who does Dante speak with in the second circle who causes him to weep and faint from pity?

A

Francesca

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What is the punishment of the lustful?

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They are blown about by the wind.

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16
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What type of sin is punished in the third circle of Hell?

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gluttony

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What is the punishment of the gluttonous?

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They are pelted with disgusting precipitation (rain/snow/hail).

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18
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Who is the three-headed monster who claws and bites the gluttonous?

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Cerberus

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What two types of sinners are being punished in the fourth circle?

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misers and spendthrifts

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What type of sin is punished in the fifth circle?

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wrath

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20
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What is the name of the deity of wealth who guards the fourth circle?

A

Plutus

21
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How are the wrathful punished?

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Some are hitting each other, and others are drowning in the mud.

22
Q

What are the miserly and the spendthrifts doing to each other?

A

rolling huge weights at one another and yelling “Why do you hoard?” and “Why do you squander?”

23
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How do Dante and Virgil get through the walls of Dis?

A

an angel sent from heaven, divine intervention

24
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What type of sinners are in the sixth circle?

A

heretics

25
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How are heretics punished?

A

They are buried in burning tombs.

26
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Who does Dante meet in the sixth circle?

A

leaders of two opposing religious factions named Farinata and Cavalcante

27
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What sin is punished in the seventh circle?

A

violence

28
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What are the three rings of the seventh circle?

A

violence against others, violence against self, and violence against God

29
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Who are Chiron, Pholus, and Nessus?

A

three centaurs who shoot arrows at any sinners in circle 7 who come too far out of the boiling blood

30
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How are those who attempted suicide punished?

A

They are turned into dark, crooked, thorny trees who the Harpies feed on.

31
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Who does Dante speak with in the second ring on circle 7?

A

Pietro della Vigna, an advisor to the emperor who was falsely accused of being unfaithful

32
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What will happen to those who committed suicide at the Second Coming of Christ?

A

Instead of having a body again, the body of each shade will hang on its tree.

33
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What is the punishment for those who committed violence against God?

A

being pelted with a rain of fire on a sandy plain

34
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What prophecy does Ser Brunetto Latini make on the edge of the seventh circle?

A

that a group of people in Florence will reject Dante and ruin the city

35
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What sin is punished in the first chasm of the eighth circle?

A

fraud

36
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What surrounds the two ditches at the beginning of circle 8?

A

a wall made of iron stone with cuts in it

37
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How are the fraudulent punished in the second ditch of Malebolge?

A

being whipped by demons

38
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How are flatterers punished?

A

being stuck in a pit of sewage

39
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What is the sin of Simony?

A

using positions in the church for personal monetary gain

40
Q

How is each Simonist punished?

A

a soul is stuck upside down in a hole and his feet are being burned until a new soul comes and pushes that one further down in the hole

41
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Who is punished with their heads turned backward while forced to walk forward with tears in their eyes?

A

diviners / fortune tellers

42
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Where are thieves punished?

A

in the seventh ditch of Malebolge (circle 8)

43
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How are thieves punished?

A

they are running around naked with serpents chasing them

44
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What thief does Dante meet in the seventh ditch of Malebolge?

A

Vanni Fucci

45
Q

Where is betrayal punished?

A

in the ninth ditch of Malebolge (circle 8)

46
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How is the sin of betrayal punished?

A

sinners are ripped apart by a devil with a long sword

47
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What sin are Fra Dolcino, Mosca dei Lamberti, and Bertrand de Born punished for?

A

betrayal

48
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What is the environment of the ninth circle of Hell?

A

a frozen lake

49
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Who is punished in the ninth circle of Hell?

A

traitors to kindred, traitors to country, traitors to guests, traitors to lords and patrons

50
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How are the traitors punished?

A

they are buried deeper and deeper in ice as they get closer to the center of Hell

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