A) Les Misérables B) Paradise Lost C) Pride and Prejudice D) The Divine Comedy
A) Limbo B) Purgatorio C) Inferno D) Paradiso
A) Ovid B) Homer C) Virgil D) Dante himself
A) His exile from Florence B) A dream he had C) A bet with another poet D) A commission from the Pope
A) Venice, Italy B) Rome, Italy C) Milan, Italy D) Florence, Italy
A) Seneca B) Socrates C) Aristotle D) Plato
A) As a historical account of Italy B) As a series of philosophical dialogues C) As a collection of short stories D) As a journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise
A) Cleopatra B) Helen of Troy C) Julius Caesar D) Alexander the Great
A) Beatrice B) Guinevere C) Helen of Troy D) Cleopatra
A) French B) Latin C) Provençal D) Tuscan dialect
A) Giovanni Boccaccio B) Petrarch C) Alighiero di Bellincione D) Dante himself
A) De vulgari eloquentia B) Inferno C) The New Life D) Purgatorio
A) Four B) Two C) Three D) Five
A) Guelphs B) Ghibellines C) Pazzi D) Medici
A) Thirty-five B) Eighteen C) Nine D) Twelve
A) Beatrice Portinari B) Lapa di Chiarissimo Cialuffi C) Gemma di Manetto Donati D) Bella degli Abati
A) The Battle of Benevento B) The Battle of Montaperti C) The Battle of Campaldino D) The Battle of Hastings
A) Couplet B) Terza rima C) Blank verse D) Free verse
A) Il Padre dell'Italia B) Il Divino Poeta C) Il Maestro della Lingua D) Il Sommo Poeta
A) 1275 B) 1265 C) 1250 D) 1280
A) 60 years B) 80 years C) 100 years D) 70 years
A) Alighiero di Bellincione B) Manetto Donati C) Folco Portinari D) Cacciaguida degli Elisei
A) Greeks B) Ancient Romans C) Etruscans D) Visigoths
A) Quartan malaria B) Pneumonia C) Smallpox D) Tuberculosis
A) Over 200 volumes B) 36 editions C) 3,000 volumes D) 160 volumes
A) Bertrand du Pouget B) Guido II da Polenta C) Pope John XXII D) Ostasio I da Polenta
A) The father of Italian literature B) Dante, beloved of Italy C) Rest in peace, great thinker D) Honor the most exalted poet
A) French B) Latin C) Italian D) English
A) Convivio B) La Vita Nuova C) Monarchia D) De vulgari eloquentia
A) The University of Bologna B) A Franciscan school C) A monastery school D) The Dominican one in Santa Maria Novella
A) Purgatorio B) Paradiso C) Inferno D) Convivio
A) A marble statue B) A silver chalice C) A golden iron Greek Cross D) An olive branch
A) Boethius B) Virgil C) Cicero D) Ovid
A) March 1302 B) April 1311 C) June 1313 D) November 1301
A) Bartolomeo I della Scala B) Moroello Malaspina C) Uguccione della Faggiuola D) Gentucca
A) 1294 B) 1283–87 C) 1307 D) 1320
A) Cangrande I della Scala B) Uguccione della Faggiuola C) Moroello Malaspina D) Bartolomeo I della Scala
A) Sarzana in Liguria B) Lunigiana with Moroello Malaspina C) Paris D) Verona with Bartolomeo I della Scala
A) Divine Comedy B) Convivio C) La Vita Nova D) Rime (rhymes)
A) 1283–87 B) 1307 C) 1320 D) 1294
A) 1313 B) 1312 C) 1308 D) 1306
A) Dolce stil nuovo B) Sicilian School C) Provençal poetry D) Troubadour poetry
A) Pope Boniface VIII B) Fr. Nicholas Brunacci C) Thomas Aquinas D) Albert the Great
A) April 1311 B) June 2008 C) March 1302 D) November 1301
A) Charles of Valois B) Cante dei Gabrielli da Gubbio C) Moroello Malaspina D) Pope Boniface
A) 2020 B) 1307 C) 1320 D) 1965
A) The Sicilian School (Scuola poetica Siciliana) B) The Roman School C) The Florentine School D) The Tuscan School
A) Vieri dei Cerchi B) Charles of Valois C) Pope Boniface VIII D) Corso Donati
A) Dante's love life B) Vernacular literature C) Theological discussions D) Political philosophy
A) Feditore, responsible for the first attack. B) Commander-in-chief C) Medic D) Strategist
A) Uguccione della Faggiuola B) Giovanni Boccaccio C) Cangrande I della Scala D) Francesco da Barberino
A) Cicero B) Arnaut Daniel C) Ovid D) Guido Guinizelli
A) Dante Alighieri B) Andrea Doria C) Cavour D) Vittorio Veneto
A) La Vita Nuova B) Convivio C) The Divine Comedy D) Monarchia
A) His exile would be extended indefinitely. B) He would be fined again. C) He could have been burned at the stake. D) He would be imprisoned for life.
A) Monarchia B) La Vita Nuova C) De vulgari eloquentia D) Convivio
A) Paradiso B) Convivio C) Inferno D) Purgatorio
A) Venice B) Ravenna C) Milan D) Florence
A) 19th century B) 14th century C) 16th century D) 20th century |