In The Purgatorio, whom does Dante cite as his example of temperance ?

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1. 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.

2. In The Purgatorio, which of the following characters does Dante dream about ?

   A. Rachel and Leah
   B. Brutus and Cassius
   C. Dido and Aeneas
   D. Pope Boniface and Pope Clement

3. 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.

4. 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

5. In The Romance of the Rose, which text does Guillaume de Lorris cite as his inspiration ?

   A. The Book of Margery Kempe
   B. “Revelations of Divine Love”
   C. “The Wooing of Our Lord”
   D. The Art of Courtly Love

6. According to most scholars, what does The Purgatorio allegorically represent ?

   A. The penitent life
   B. The afterlife existence for mortal sinners
   C. The heavenly paradise
   D. The earthly paradise

7. According to most scholars, what does the chariot in The Purgatorio symbolize ?

   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

8. His son Rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with thåe old clothes of his father. He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother’s heels, equipped in a pair of his father’s cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. What are “galligaskins” ?

   A. Long, wide petticoats
   B. A trench-coat
   C. Loose, wide breeches
   D. Underpants

9. Which character does Dante meet at the end of his journey through purgatory ?

   A. Cato
   B. Beatrice
   C. Virgil
   D. Homer

10. In his Letter to Can Grande, which topic does Dante attempt to explain ?

    A. His use of allegory
    B. His opposition to the separation of Church and State
    C. His belief in the infallibility of the popes
    D. His interest in medieval cosmology