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A. Love is an ennobling force that offers a chance for salvation.
B. Love is problematic for Dante, because Beatrice is considered impure.
C. Love has little to do with spirituality.
D. Love obscures all possibility for salvation.

A. The relationship watches Dante pass through stages of love for Beatrice’s physical, moral, and divine beauty.
B. The relationship provides an example of passionate love rather than arranged matches.
C. The relationship focuses on Beatrice’s chastity and purity.
D. All of the above

A. Autobiography
B. Framed narrative
C. Lyric poetry
D. All of the above

A. It is static language with unchanging rules.
B. It is the language spoken by everyday people.
C. It is the only kind of illustrious vernacular.
D. It is synonymous with natural language.

A. The Dark Lady
B. Hamlet
C. Christopher Marlow
D. Hamnet Shakespeare

A. “Tintern Abbey”
B. “A Lover’s Complaint”
C. “El Cid”
D. “The Wasteland”

A. The Dark Lady
B. Shakespeare’s father
C. A young man
D. A rival poet

A. Ordinary speech
B. Blank verse
C. Rhyming verse
D. Non-English word use

A. The same as an iamb with an unstressed and stressed syllable in a foot
B. The opposite of an iamb with a stressed and then unstressed syllable in a foot
C. Only one syllable for the length of a foot
D. None of the above

A. A fairy queen
B. A Roman matron
C. A villainess
D. A beggar woman