A. They are punished with whips and bridles.
B. They are forced to carry heavy rocks on their backs.
C. They have their eyes sewn shut with wire.
D. They must walk through thick smoke.
A. The absence of heretics and monsters in medieval church history
B. The conflict between ancient Romans and the early Church
C. The impossibility for sinners to repent
D. The righteousness of the Roman Empire over time
A. It means that sinners must resign themselves to life in hell.
B. It implies that Beatrice will return later in the poem.
C. It suggests that paradise is close to purgatory.
D. It highlights the idea that Dante is on a journey of poetry.
A. The secret confession of sins
B. A lack of remorse
C. The inability to reject one’s old life
D. A sense of gratitude for God’s mercy
A. Saint Augustine
B. Virgil
C. Homer
D. Judas
A. A traditional type of poetry rejected by Dante in favor of new rhyme schemes
B. A form of blank verse
C. A poetic form with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme
D. A poetic form with five-line stanzas
A. The idea that the punishment fits the crime
B. The poetic verse form used in Vita Nuova
C. The structure of the cantos in The Divine Comedy
D. The theme of love and lust in The Divine Comedy
A. Allegory
B. Metonymy
C. Synesthesia
D. Simile
A. The sinners in the heretic circle
B. The furies
C. The fallen angels
D. The angelic messengers
A. Dido
B. Pope Boniface
C. Beatrice
D. Judas