A. A place for cleansing and purification
B. The place of transition between earth, heaven, and hell
C. The setting for the middle portion of Dante’s The Divine Comedy
D. All of the above
Related Mcqs:
- According to Dante, what place is at the top of his purgatory ?
A. The Gate to Limbo
B. The Garden of Eden
C. The Dark Wood
D. The circles of Hell - According to Dante, who resides in his ante-purgatory ?
A. The souls of those who are ready to enter heaven
B. The souls of those who are not yet ready to purge their sins
C. The souls of those who are about to enter hell
D. The souls of the repentant who are punished for their sins - According to Dr. Mazzotta, what trait distinguishes Dante’s purgatory from his hell ?
A. Purgatory is less future-oriented.
B. Purgatory is a place of redemptive intervention.
C. Purgatory includes references to time.
D. Purgatory is less rooted in the human, natural world. - The levels of purgatory are associated with which religious concept ?
A. The planets
B. The seven deadly sins
C. The Augustan calendar
D. The seven sacraments - 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 - Which character does Dante meet at the end of his journey through purgatory ?
A. Cato
B. Beatrice
C. Virgil
D. Homer - In The Purgatorio, what do the steps to the Gate of Purgatory represent ?
A. The seven deadly sins
B. The seven types of sin that keep people from heaven
C. The three components of the perfect confession
D. The eight beatitudes - 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 - What does the term “translatio studii” mean ?
A. The ability to move from purgatory into heaven
B. The translation of culture from one civilization to another
C. The movement from one circle of hell to another
D. The idea that the punishment fits the crime - In The Inferno, Cerberus is the protector of which circle of hell ?
A. The circle of lust
B. The circle of gluttony
C. The circle of heresy
D. The circle of treachery
