In The Inferno, which historical character is found in Satan’s mouth ?

Related Mcqs:

1. According to Dr. Frances Pritchett’s version of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s “The Historical Novel and the Historical Narrative”, what is the difference between a historical narrative and a historical novel ?

   A. A historical narrative and a historical novel are the same thing.
   B. A historical narrative tells only part of the story surrounding a historical event; a historical novel tells the whole story.
   C. A historical novel focuses on providing the reader with only the central truth of a historical event, while a historical narrative attempts to tell the entire truth of a historical event.
   D. Faruqi actually argues that historical novels do not exist.

2. ’Book 1’ of ’Paradise Lost’ presents Satan with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and speaks to them. The first he addresses is described as ’one next to himself in power, and next in crime, long after known in Palestine’. What’s the name of this fallen angel?

   A. Mammon
   B. Moloch
   C. Beelzebub
   D. Ashtaroth

3. Throughout the poem, Satan transforms himself into many creatures. Which creature does Satan not turn into ?

   A. a mouse
   B. a cherub
   C. a toad
   D. a serpent

4. In John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” Satan assumes the character and form of what creature in order to tempt Eve to eat at the Tree of Knowledge ?

   A. A toad
   B. A serpent
   C. A lion
   D. A tiger

5. According to Dr. Frances Pritchett’s version of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s “The Historical Novel and the Historical Narrative”, which of the following offers the best definition of a “history” ?

   A. A narrative based entirely on verifiable facts
   B. A narrative that does not analyze characters on a situation-by-situation basis
   C. A narrative without characters
   D. A narrative that takes place in the past.

6. The character named Comus is often seen by critics as a prototype of what character Milton later portrayed ?

   A. Jesus
   B. Samson
   C. Satan
   D. Adam

7. Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein in the form of a frame story that starts one character wring letters to his sister. Who is that character ?

   A. Captain Cooper
   B. Victor Frankenstein
   C. Captain Robert Walton
   D. Sergent Thomas Vincent

8. In The Inferno, where is hell physically situated ?

   A. Beneath Cairo
   B. Beneath Jerusalem
   C. Beneath Rome
   D. Beneath Florence

9. In The Inferno, which three characters are located in the deepest circle of hell ?

   A. Guinevere, Dido, and Francesca
   B. Homer, Dante, and Virgil
   C. Brutus, Cassius, and Judas
   D. Pope Nicholas, Pope Boniface, and Pope Clement

10. In The Inferno, who defends the city of Dis ?

    A. The sinners in the heretic circle
    B. The furies
    C. The fallen angels
    D. The angelic messengers