Which historical figure appears in the circle of lust ?

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. 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.

3. 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.

4. In the demonic council of Book Two of “Paradise Regained,” who proposes that Satan should tempt Jesus with lust for a beautiful woman the way Solomon was tempted ?

   A. Belial
   B. Beelzebub
   C. Venus
   D. Satan

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. Which historical figure initiated a series of religious persecutions condemning Protestants as heretics and burning them at the stake in the 1550s ?

   A. Archbishop Cranmer
   B. Catherine of Aragon
   C. Elizabeth I
   D. Mary Tudor

7. What historical figure promoted the rapid growth of a high Anglican faction within the church whose ceremony, ritual, and doctrine more closely resembled Roman Catholicism ?

   A. William Collins
   B. William Laud
   C. William Shakespeare
   D. William Tyndale

8. 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

9. In which circle would Dante place someone who committed suicide ?

   A. The circle of violence
   B. The circle of wrath
   C. The circle of heresy
   D. The circle of treachery

10. 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