Who was Can Grande ?
A. The poet who leads Dante on a tour of hell
B. Dante’s enemy
C. Dante’s patron
D. The emperor of Italy in Dante’s lifetime
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Dante A. The poet who leads Dante on a tour of hell
B. Dante’s enemy
C. Dante’s patron
D. The emperor of Italy in Dante’s lifetime
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Dante A. He believed that eternal life in heaven was the real one.
B. Because he was pagan, he did not believe in heaven.
C. Because he was an early Christian, he believed that heaven was inaccessible.
D. He believed that heaven, hell, and earth were indistinguishable.
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Dante A. It is the ability to move above the earthly state into heaven.
B. It is the ability to reunite with the body.
C. It is the ability to commit sins while in the human body.
D. It is the ability to separate from the body in order to reach hell.
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Dante A. Saint James
B. Saint John
C. Saint Peter
D. Saint Thomas
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Dante A. Virgil
B. Thomas Aquinas
C. Judas
D. Cacciaguida
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Dante A. Those with the most constancy of characters
B. The proud
C. The best emperors and rulers
D. The souls of those who abandoned their vows
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Dante A. Easter Sunday
B. Wednesday after Easter
C. Good Friday
D. All Saint’s Day
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Dante A. The politics of Ravenna
B. The politics of ancient Greece
C. The politics of Italian city-states
D. The politics of the Roman Empire
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Dante A. Natural light
B. Revelations
C. The light of grace
D. All of the above
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Dante A. His use of allegory
B. His opposition to the separation of Church and State
C. His belief in the infallibility of the popes
D. His interest in medieval cosmology
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Dante