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.
Related Mcqs:
- According to critics, how does Dante’s underworld differ from Virgil’s hell ?
A. Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s underworld focuses on punishment for sins.
B. Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s underworld is concerned with destiny and future.
C. Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s underworld is not expected to last forever.
D. Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s underworld does not include examples of justice. - According to most critics, how does Dante distinguish love from lust ?
A. Lust is often pure, while love tends to be crude.
B. Lust and love are both sins that place the sinner in hell.
C. Lust involves the subordination of reason to desire.
D. Lust leads to moral improvement, while love is a more destructive force. - What does the term meta-language mean, according to Andrzej Warminski ?
A. A language about another language
B. A supernatural language
C. A language that does not yet constitute a real language
D. All of the above answers are correct. - What does the term meta-language mean, according to Andrzej Warminski ?
A. A language about another language
B. A supernatural language
C. A language that does not yet constitute a real language
D. A language used by a particular marginalized group of people within a larger dominant culture - Let me for a few moments turn your attention to the reservations in the different states of New England, and, with but few exceptions, we shall find them as follows: the most mean, abject, miserable race of beings in the world – a complete place of prodigality and prostitution. What does “prodigality” mean ?
A. Wasteful extravagance
B. Promiscuity
C. Return from the dead
D. Redemption - In Vita Nuova, how does Dante represent love ?
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. - In The Purgatorio, how does Dante represent the entryway to the seventh terrace of lust ?
A. He must be allowed by Cerberus to pass.
B. He must walk through an immense wall of flames.
C. He must be escorted into the terrace by an angelic messenger.
D. He must first be ferried across the River Lethe. - In De Monarchia, what language does Dante primarily use ?
A. English
B. Latin
C. Italian
D. Tuscan - In The Purgatorio, how does Dante depict the punishment of the proud penitents ?
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. - In The Purgatorio, where does Dante physically set purgatory ?
A. In the southern hemisphere
B. In the northern hemisphere
C. In Florence
D. In Rome
