Divine Comedy Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Mid-Book Test (up to Canto XX)

This test consists of 15 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Which sinners from the seventh circle does Virgil counsel Dante to see again before leaving in Canto 17?
a) The usurers.
b) The wrathful.
c) The suicides.
d) The sodomites.

2. What makes Dante weep in Canto 3?
a) The memory of his lost love.
b) The faces of dead souls walking toward Hell.
c) The prospect of entering Hell.
d) The agonized cries behind the gates of Hell.

3. In what form does Dante's acquaintance Brunetto Latini appear in Canto 15?
a) A skeleton.
b) A wraith.
c) A dog.
d) A severed head.

4. What appears in the river at the end of Canto 16?
a) A damned soul.
b) Beatrice.
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