A. It separates heaven from hell.
B. It prevents sinners from escaping hell.
C. It washes away the memory of sin.
D. It separates Dante from the other sinners
Related Mcqs:
- Which river is associated with Shakespeare’s birth place ?
A. The Thames
B. The Avon
C. The Tyburn
D. The Seven - The following lines are an example of image. ‘The river sweats Oil and tar’ ?
A. visual
B. kinetic
C. erotic
D. sensual - In The Purgatorio, what is the function of the residents’ punishments ?
A. The punishments prevent hope from being reborn in sinners.
B. The punishments keep the sinners from entering the path to salvation.
C. The punishments allow the sinners to purge their sins.
D. The punishments remind the sinners that they are damned to hell. - According to scholars, what is the function of the rose that Dante sees in paradise ?
A. It alludes to the Garden of Eden.
B. It symbolizes perfection and paradise.
C. It is a symbol of the Virgin Mary.
D. All of the above - What is the function of the Primum Mobile ?
A. It symbolizes Dante’s distrust of the Church.
B. It is the home of the angels.
C. It separates heaven from hell.
D. It reminds Dante of his own pride - The word ‘bank’ in ‘on the banks on the river’ and ‘banks are financial institutions’ is called a____________?
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms - How does Eliza cross the Ohio river ____________?
A. By ferry
B. On a makeshift raft
C. In a stolen canoe
D. Hopping rafts of ice - Over which river does Eliza make her miraculous crossing ?
A. The Mississippi
B. The Colorado
C. The Ohio
D. The Danube - Who wrote the following statement: “When you asked me to speak about women and fiction I sat down on the banks of a river and began to wonder what the words meant” ?
A. Amy Lowell
B. Gertrude Stein
C. Virginia Woolf
D. Alice Walker - In The Dubliners, what do most critics say is the function of paralysis ?
A. it is represented in a way that implies collective activity is needed
B. it reveals the sense of imprisonment that comes from routine
C. it reveals characters’ literal inability to move away from Ireland
D. All of the Above
