Divine Comedy

Question 1

Dante Alighieri’s full name

Answer 1

Durante degli Alighieri

Question 2

Dante’s birthplace

Answer 2

Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Question 3

Dante’s children

Answer 3

Jacopo, Pietro, Giovanni, Gabrielle, and Antonia

Question 4

Il Sommo Poeta

Answer 4

The Supreme Poet

Question 5

Divino Poeta

Answer 5

The Divine Poet

Question 6

the Divine Comedy’s original title

Answer 6

Comedia

Question 7

the three parts of the Divine Comedy

Answer 7

Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso

Question 8

Hell’s Vestibule

Answer 8

The Opportunists

Question 9

Hell’s Vestibule: punishment

Answer 9

pursued by wasps and hornets

Question 10

Circle 1 (Limbo)

Answer 10

The Virtuous Pagans and Unbaptized Children

Question 11

Circle 1 (Limbo): punishment

Answer 11

no hope

Question 12

Circle 2 (Lust)

Answer 12

The Carnal; where Minos is

Question 13

Circle 2 (Lust): punishment

Answer 13

Hell’s tempests/storm

Question 14

Circle 3 (Gluttony)

Answer 14

The Gluttons

Question 15

Circle 3 (Gluttony): punishment

Answer 15

garbage dump; stinky slush and snow formed by freezing rain

Question 16

Circle 4 (Greed)

Answer 16

The Hoarders and the Wasters

Question 17

Circle 4 (Greed): punishment

Answer 17

a great boulder pushed back and forth by mobs

Question 18

Circle 5 (Anger)

Answer 18

The Wrathful and the Sullen

Question 19

Circle 5 is located at _________

Answer 19

The Marsh of Styx

Question 20

Circle 5 (Anger): punishment

Answer 20

the wrathful forever attack one another; the sullen are buried in darkness below the stinking mud

Question 21

the boatman of Styx

Answer 21

Phlegyas

Question 22

Circle 6 (Heresy)

Answer 22

The Heretics

Question 23

The capital of Hell

Answer 23

the iron city, Dis

Question 24

Who guards the gates of hell?

Answer 24

The Rebellious Angels

Question 25

Circle 6 (Heresy): punishment

Answer 25

forever encased in flaming tombs

Question 26

Circle 7 (Violence) Round 1

Answer 26

The Violent Against Neighbours

Question 27

what marks the 1st Round of Circle 7?

Answer 27

The River of Blood patrolled by centaurs

Question 28

Circle 7 (Violence) Round 1: punishment

Answer 28

forever immersed in boiling blood

Question 29

Circle 7 (Violence) Round 2

Answer 29

The Violent Against Themselves

Question 30

the Chief Centaur

Answer 30

Chiron

Question 31

Circle 7 (Violence) Round 2: punishment

Answer 31

the suicides are forever encased in thorny trees and denied human form; the squanderers are forever driven naked through the thorny wood and are pursued by hungry beasts

Question 32

Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3

Answer 32

The Violent Against God, Nature and Art

Question 33

Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3: punishment

Answer 33

scorched from above and below by fire

Question 34

Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3 Type 1

Answer 34

The Blasphemers (Violent against God)

Question 35

Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3 Type 1: punishment

Answer 35

they are stretched out while lying their backs on the sand while subjected to the rain of fire

Question 36

Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3 Type 2

Answer 36

The Sodomites (Violent against Nature)

Question 37

Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3 Type 2: punishment

Answer 37

run in endless circles on the burning plain

Question 38

Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3 Type 3

Answer 38

The Usurers (Violent against Art)

Question 39

Circle 7 (Violence) Round 3 Type 3: punishment

Answer 39

crouch and huddle along the edge of the burning plain near the cliff while wearing a heavy leather purse on their neck