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.
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following is the theme of Dante’s Vita Nuova ?
A. His dislike of the vernacular language
B. His opposition to the separation of Church and State
C. His love for Beatrice
D. His experiences in exile - In which dialect is Dante’s Vita Nuova primarily written ?
A. Latin
B. Tuscan
C. English
D. French - According to most critics, Vita Nuova is an example of which of the following genres ?
A. Autobiography
B. Framed narrative
C. Lyric poetry
D. All of the above - 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. - 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 The Paradiso, what event does Dante allegorically represent ?
A. The soul’s union with the body
B. The soul’s ascent to heaven
C. The soul’s tour of purgatory
D. The soul’s descent into hell - In Finnegans Wake, how does Joyce represent the theme of tragic love ?
A. he refers to the mythical Daedalus
B. he uses an allusion to the mythical Odysseus
C. he uses an allusion to Tristian and Iseult
D. he refers to the Oedipal myth - How is Dante’s relationship with Beatrice an example of courtly love ?
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 - According to Dr. Mazzotta, what do Dante’s planets represent ?
A. The deadly sins
B. The historical religious eras
C. The liberal arts
D. The sacraments - Marlowe’s poem ’The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’ begins with the line “Come live with me and be my love”; which other English author wrote a famous poem beginning with this line ?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Thomas Kyd
C. John Dryden
D. John Donne
