Italian Literature Flashcards

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Q

It is considered the greatest poem of Middle Ages that was written by Dante Alighieri.

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Divine Comedy

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2
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Father of Italian Literature

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Dante Alighieri

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3
Q

Inferno is also known as

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Human Flesh

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4
Q

Purgatorio is also known as

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Human but still abstract

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5
Q

Paradiso is also known as

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Abstract

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6
Q

ABBA-ABBA-CDECDE/ CDCDCD

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Petrarchan sonnets

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7
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A collection of 100 stories told by ten young people sheltering from the Black Death in villa

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Decameron

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8
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Decameron was written by

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Giovanni Boccaccio

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9
Q

A political philosopher who wrote The Prince

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Nicolo Machiavelli

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10
Q

National Epic of Italy

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Aeneid

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11
Q

Aeneid was written by

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Virgil

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12
Q

The Little Prince was written by

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Antoine de Saint Exupery

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