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When was he exiled from Florence?

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1302

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Autobiography of Dante

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Vita nuova

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What party was he a member of?

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White guelphs

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7th circle round 1 punishment

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Submerged in boiling bloody river

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7th circle round 1 guardian

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Minotaur

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Coward who made the great refusal

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Pontus Pilate

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Consequence of neutral

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Chase an aimless banner naked

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Minos

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Decides where sinners should go by wrapping his tail around himself

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Image of furies

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Fruitless remorse

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Image of medusa

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Despair hardens the heart

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2nd ring of 7th circle

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Suicides

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3rd ring of 7th

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Blasphemers
Sodomites
Ususers

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Lano

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Suicide who went to battle because he squandered his fortune

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13
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Burning sand reps

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Infertility

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Capaneus

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Blasphemer who cursed all gods

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Prodigal punishment

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Pushing boulders at a 180° slope

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Prodigal guardian

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Pluto

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River in the 5th circle

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Styx

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Round 2 of 7th circle soul

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Pier Della vigna; lano de Siena

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Suicides punishment

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Bleeding plants and chased by hounds

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Round 2 of 7th circle monster

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Harpies

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Blasphemer soul

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Capaneus

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Blasphemers punishment

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Laying on burning sand with burning rain

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Dante book on politics

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De monarchia

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24
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What did he compose while in exile?

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La comedia

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How many cantos?

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100

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26
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Simile of leaves falling/falcon dropping?

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Sinners gathering in acharon’s boat

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1st circle

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Limbo

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Profligates

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Souls who destroyed their own property

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Giacomo da sant’andrea

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Profligate torn apart by dogs

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30
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Where is the gate of dis?

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Sixth circle

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31
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Monsters of 6th circle

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Furies and medusa

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32
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River in round 1 7th circle

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Phlegethon

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33
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Violent soul

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Attila the Hun

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34
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Significance of old man of cretes outfit?

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Decline of human nature

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35
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Ser brunette Latini

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Sodomite who Dante looks up to

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36
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Lustful punishment

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Blown about by winds

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37
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Guardian of lustful

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Minos

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38
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3rd circle soul

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Ciacco

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39
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Glutton’s punishment

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Laying face down in mud barraged by hail

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40
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3rd circle guardian

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Cerberus

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41
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Prodigal souls

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Clerics

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42
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Wrathful soul

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Fillipo argenti

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Wrathful punishment

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Laying submerged at various levels of the Styx

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44
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Guardian of Wrathful

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Phlegas

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45
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5th circle

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Wrathful

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46
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6th circle

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Heretics

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47
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7th circle

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Violent

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48
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1st ring of 7th circle

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Violent against others

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49
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1st circle

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Limbo

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50
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2nd circle

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Lustful

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51
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3rd circle

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Gluttony

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52
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4th circle

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Prodigal

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53
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Farinata

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Heretic who knows the future

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54
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Nessus

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Carries Dante to the 7th circle

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55
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Plutus

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God of wealth

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56
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Phlegyas

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Wrathful boatman

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57
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Paolo and Francesca

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Two lovers condemned together to hell

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58
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Dante’s first sin

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Cowardice

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59
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Leopard=

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Fraud

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60
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She-wolf=

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Incontinence

61
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Lion=

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Violence

62
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Usury souls

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Bankers

63
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Usury punishment

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Crouching staring at their purses on burning plain

64
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Sodomites punishment

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Running constantly on a burning plain

65
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6th circle punishment

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In fiery tombs

66
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Guardian of bolgia 1

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Horned demons

67
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Sin of bolgia 1

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Panderers/seducers

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People go so hard to find such food

69
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Bolgia 1 soul

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Caccianemico

70
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Bolgia 2

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Flatterers

71
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Punishment of bolgia 3

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Baptized with souls aflame

72
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Bolgia 3

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Simonists

73
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Bolgia 3 soul

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Pope Nicholas III

74
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Symbol of nimrod

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Pride

75
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What did ephialtes do?

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Raised his hands against the gods

76
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Boca degli abati

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A double agent

77
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Punishment of bolgia 6

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Clad in colorful lead robes and crucifixion

78
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Bolgia 7

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Thievery

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Bolgia 7 soul

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Vanni fucci

80
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Bertram de Born’s punishment

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Head cut off holding it like a lantern

81
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Geri del bello

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In Dante’s family who’s murder is still unavenged

82
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What did sinon do?

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Convinced the Trojans to take the horse

83
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Pier da medicina

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Caused civil strife

84
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Curio

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Convinced Caesar to cross the rubicon and start a civil war

85
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Mosca

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Separated the Guelphs and Ghibellines

86
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What did bertran de born do?

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He advised Henry of England to rebel against his father

87
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Guido de montfeltro

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Advised boniface to deceive his opponents

88
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Who came for guido de montefeltro?

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Francis, but he couldn’t take him

89
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Mahomet

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He tore the church into two pieces so he is split in two

90
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Bolgia 5 punishment

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Submerged in boiling pitch

91
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Demons of bolgia 5

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Malebranche

92
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Bolgia 6

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Hypocrites

93
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Souls in bolgia 6

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Caiaphas and Pharisees

94
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Judecca punishment

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Chewed on by satan

95
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Caccianemico

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Turned his sister over to the marquis of este to please him

96
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Who does pope Nicholas III mistake Dante for?

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Pope boniface VIII

97
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Soul of ptolemea

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Friar alberigo

98
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Punishment of ptolemea

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Heads bent back

99
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Sin of judecca

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Against god

100
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Souls of I

Judecca

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Satan judas Brutus Cassius

101
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Vanni fucci

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Stole from the sacristy

102
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Simile used to describe souls in8th bolgia

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Life fireflies in the summertime

103
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What does Ulysses say he does?

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Advices his men to sail south where they all die

104
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What did Ulysses actually do?

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Counseled Achilles to abandon his son and join the Trojan war

105
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Antenora sin

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Against party, country, or city

106
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Souls in antenora

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Ugolino and archduke ruggieri

107
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What is ugolino doing?

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Gnawing on ruggieri’s head

108
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Sin of ptolemea

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Against guests

109
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Souls in caina

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Alberti brothers

110
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Sin of caina

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Against family

111
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Punishment of caina

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Heads exposed forward

112
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Giants between bolgia 10 and the 9th circle

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Nimrod, ephialtes, and anteus

113
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Frozen lake in 9th circle

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Cocytus

114
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Punishment of bolgia 1

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Whipped and prodded in opposing directions

115
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Bolgia 2 soul

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Thaïs

116
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What did caiaphas do?

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Advised the Sanhedrin to kill Jesus

117
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How is caiaphas a hypocrite?

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Because he tried to make himself better than he was for the Sanhedrin

118
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Alchemist punishment

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Picking off scabs forever

119
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Counterfeiter punishment

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Swollen and always thirsty

120
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Impersonator punishment

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Crazed

121
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Liars punishment

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Eternally feverish

122
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What did friar alberigo do?

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He took revenge on his brother by inviting him over then killing him

123
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Why is the bolgia 5 tar contra paso?

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Blackness-crime committed in the dark

Tar- money stuck to grafters

124
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Alchemist

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Griffilino

125
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Counterfeiter

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Master Adamo

126
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Impersonator

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Gianni schicci

127
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Liar

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Sinon

128
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Punishment of bolgia 9

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Bodies mutilated

129
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Guardian of bolgia 9

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Demon with sword

130
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Bolgia 10

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Falsifiers

131
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Bolgia 9

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Sowers of discord and scandal

132
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Punishment of bolgia 7

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Bound and killed by serpents

133
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Bolgia 8

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False counselors

134
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Souls of bolgia 8

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Ulysses and guido

135
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Punishment of bolgia 8

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Hidden in flames

136
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Fraud of real soothsayers

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Giving people the idea that they can change their future

137
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Bolgia 4

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Fortune tellers

138
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Bolgia 4 soul

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Tiresias

139
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Bolgia 4 punishment

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Head on backwards

140
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Bolgia 5

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Public corruption (grafting)

141
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Four ways to read literature

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Anagogical, moral, literal, and allegorical

142
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How many lines are in la comedia?

A

14,233

143
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What is the rhyme scheme

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A B A B E B

144
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When is it set?

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1300

145
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What is the order of the first three monsters of hell?

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  1. Leopard
  2. Lion
  3. She-wolf
146
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Three heavenly ladies helping Dante

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Beatrice, Mary, and Lucia

147
Q

How is Dante a new Paul?

A

He is venturing into hell to seek truth

148
Q

What wrong belief are cavalcante and farinata guilty of?

A

Eat drink and be merry

149
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Which kinda of sin has injustice as it’s end?

A

Malice

150
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What did ser brunetto latini teach Dante?

A

How to make himself immortal

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