quiz 8 Flashcards
Geryon’s face was like the face of what?
An honest man
From what does Virgil, this symbol of reason, protect Dante as they ride on Geyrons shoulders?
His scorpion tail
But what does Alessio Interminei say “I am stuck down here” in human excrement?
Flattery’s
What was the most common form of sominy?
Selling of church offices
Pope Nicholas III predicted Clément V Will sell out to the king of France. When did that happen?
1305
What does Dante say, “they never saw what was ahead of them”?
Fortune tellers
To whom does Dante refer, “now they mean to get us”?
The Melabranche
What is on the outside of the monkish cloaks worn by the hypocrites?
Dazzling guilded cloaks
What happened to the thieves tongue that had been one piece and capable?
It was divided into a fork
Has Guido says, “one cannot be absolved” of sin by a priest unless what?
He is repentant
What schism was led by Ali, nephew and son-in-law of Mohammed?
Shia versus Sunni
What forward date of composition is indicated by the story of Messer Guido and Angiolello?
1312
What is the perfect contrapasso?
Counter penalty
For what sin has Griffolino of Arezzo been placed to the last bologia of the 10?
Alchemy
For what fault of Dantes does Virgil say “less shame than yours would wash away”?
Telling lies
Over what have they fought and killed each other, now “like Billy goats/ we’re butting at each other?
Politics and inheritance
What did count Ugolino’s children say would make us suffer less?
If he would eat their flesh
As he entered the third subdivision of Cocytus, Tolomea, what else, besides the cold, does Dante now notice about the weather?
The wind was blowing
According to Fra Albergio, what happens to a soul if a demon takes possession of the body?
It falls into a section of hell (the cistern)
What seems at first, I far off windmill turning its huge sales?
Satan
Which two sinners are in Satan’s two other mouths?
- Brutus 2.Cassius
By pulling on what does Virgil proceed?
Satan’s fur
On what hemisphere do they now stand?
Southern hemisphere
