Which of the following characters appears in The Purgatorio ?

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1. 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

2. I know that many say that they are willing, perhaps the majority of the people, that we should enjoy our rights and privileges as they do. If so, I would ask why are not we protected in our persons and property throughout the Union? Is it not because there reigns in the breast of many who are leaders, a most unrighteous, unbecoming and impure black principle, and as corrupt and unholy as it can be–while these very same unfeeling, self-esteemed characters pretend to take the skin as a pretext to keep us from our unalienable and lawful rights? I would ask you if you would like to be disfranchised from all your rights, merely because your skin is white, and for no other crime? I’ll venture to say, these very characters who hold the skin to be such a barrier in the way, would be the first to cry out, injustice! Awful injustice! ?

   A. Fredrick Douglass
   B. John Winthrop
   C. Benjamin Franklin
   D. William Apess

3. According to Dr. Mazzotta, what is the central allegorical theme in The Purgatorio ?

   A. The poet’s attempt to climb the mountain
   B. The poet’s attempt to find his way back to Florence from Jerusalem
   C. The poet’s descent into hell
   D. The poet’s tour of earthly paradise

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. In The Purgatorio, the opening of the text resembles which type of poem ?

   A. Sonnet
   B. Aubade
   C. Ode
   D. Elegy

8. 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

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

   A. Pope Boniface
   B. Pope Clement
   C. Saint Stephen
   D. John the Baptist

10. 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