Divine Comedy Exam
Divine Comedy Exam
Divine Comedy Exam
English 10
I Identification.
Directions: Identify the following and write your answer on the space provided.
_______________1. Dante fell passionately in love with her as a young man.
_______________2. His guide through the depths of Hell.
_______________3. The author and protagonist of inferno.
_______________4. A long narrative poem that began on 1308 and completed in 1320.
_______________5. The giant beast who stands at the second circle of hell.
_______________6. Old man who ferries souls across he river Acheron to Hell.
_______________7. A pair of lovers condemned to the second circle of hell.
_______________8.
_______________9. He has 3 faces but does not speak, his mouth busy chewing 3 traitors.
_______________10. The betrayer of Christ.
_______________11. The betrayer of Julius Caesar
_______________12.
_______________13. The boatman who rows Dante and Virgil across the river.
_______________14. The Centaur (half man half horse) who carries Dante through the 1st ring of the 7 thcircle.
_______________15. He represent human reason, which guides and protects the individual through the world.
Column A Column B
III. Enumeration
A. In the 8th Circle of Hell there are 10 Bolgia, Write the sins of each.
Bolgia 1 : _______________ Bolgia 6 : _______________ Bolgia 10 : ___________
_______________ Bolgia 7 : _______________ ___________
Bolgia 2 : _______________ _______________ ___________
Bolgia 3 : _______________ Bolgia 8 : _______________
Bolgia 4 : _______________ _______________
_______________ _______________
Bolgia 5 : _______________ Bolgia 9: _______________
B. In the 9th Circle of Hell, there are 4 rounds according to the seriousness of the sin. Write the name of the
individual who personifies the sin.
Round 1 : _____________________
Round 2 : _____________________
Round 3 : _____________________
Round 4 : _____________________
Test IV.
Directions: Draw, Label and Write a brief description of the representation of each of the travels of Dante World.