Inferno Review

Who does Dante NOT Encounter at the beginning of Inferno?

• leopard

• she wolf

• virgil

• Dis, ruler of inferno

the leopard represents

• fraud/lust

• hope

• love

• pride

what represents hope at the beginning?

• sun on the hill

• Virgil

• forrest

• Beatrice

"I lost hope of the crest. Like someone eager to win, who surrenders to gloom.” is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• Assonance

why does Charon the ferryman become angry?

• He doesn't like Virgil

• Dante has no $ to pay

• Dante doesn't belong there

When Charon begins taking the souls across the river...

• Dante leaves

• more souls line up

• Dante faints

the she-wolf represents

• greed

• revenge

• lust

what does Beatrice represent to Dante?

• ideal woman/true love

• friendship

• ideal mother

Cleopatra and Helen of Troy are in the second level of Hell because in life they

• were ruled by lust

• caused great wars

• were greedy

what is NOT in the lowest level of hell?

• ugly monster

• ice with souls entrapped beneath

• soul of Brutus

• snow covered mountain