Inferno Canto 3

The final line of the inscription above the gate to Hell reads:

• BEWARE OF THE IDES OF MARCH

• I HOLD WITH THOSE WHO FAVOR FIRE

• ABANDON ALL HOPE, YOU WHO ENTER HERE.

When the souls in Hell are described as "wretched souls who've lost/The good of intellect" Virgil means that they lost:

• the ability to speak, so they will be forever silent

• sight of God, so they will never know happiness

• their patience, so they are angry and prone to violence

Words such as "coil", "churns", and "swirl" (all used in Canto 3) are part of what prevalent motif of the Inferno?

• human reason needs divine love

• salvation comes from The Holy Trinity

• sins have eternal consequences

The souls Dante and Virgil primarily encounter in Canto 3 are those of sinners who:

• acted only for their own benefit

• acted only for good

• acted only for evil

Which is NOT part of the punishment for the Opportunists or Unsure in Canto 3?

• They must forever move in silence while bright lights shine into their eyes.

• They must forever remain outside of both Heaven and Hell.

• They must forever run behind a whirling banner and be bitten by insects.

Who suffers alongside the souls of the Opportunists or Unsure in Canto 3?

• The angels who rebelled with Lucifer.

• The angels who stayed faithful to God.

• The angels who chose neither God nor Lucifer.

Which historical figure suffers among the souls of the Opportunists or Unsure in Canto 3?

• Pope Celestine V

• Homer

• Sophocles

What is the symbolic significance of the maggots feeding on the blood and tears of the Opportunists/Unsure?

• Those who fought for neither good nor evil never set attainable goals.

• Those who fought for neither good nor evil caused Italy to suffer.

• Those who fought for neither good nor evil struggled with guilt while alive.

Who is Charon?

• An old man who ferries souls of the dead across Acheron, the first river in Hell.

• An old man who neither enjoyed nor despised the poetry of Virgil.

• An old man who gave up his religious title due to political pressures.

What do Charon's eyes resemble?

• empty tombs

• large rubies

• wheels of fire