University:
Hillsdale College
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Dante's Divine Comedy
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2024
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Kenroy H.

The Celestial Rose and the Victory of God Answer Key 1. According to Dr. Smith, “the point” in The Divine Comedy on which everything depends is (blank). a. God b. Mount Purgatorio c. Beatrice d. the Sun 2. To enter the Empyrean, Dante must (blank). a. b. c. d. recall his previous sins drink of the river of light climb Jacob’s ladder recite the Lord’s Prayer 3. Dante’s final guide in The Divine Comedy is (blank). a. b. c. d. Beatrice Virgil Thomas Aquinas Bernard of Clairvaux 4. Beatrice’s last act as a teacher and guide is to (blank). a. b. c. d. bid Dante farewell remind Dante of his journey and everything he has learned direct Dante’s gaze toward God encourage Dante to return to Florence 5. Dante needs to ask for help from (blank) before he can complete his pilgrimage. a. b. c. d. God Bernard of Clairvaux the angel Gabriel the Virgin Mary 6. According to Dante, to comprehend the mystery of the (blank) is as impossible as a geometer attempting to square a circle. a. beauty of God b. Resurrection c. Incarnation d. existence of sin 7. Bernard describes the Virgin Mary’s face as the one that “most resembles Christ.” a. True b. False 8. Dante the poet likens the description of his final vision of the Empyrean to that of a(n) (blank). a. b. c. d. baby attempting to speak orator addressing a crowded forum priest saying a prayer general preparing for battle 9. The Divine Comedy concludes with Dante rejoicing at the power of poetry to describe the glory of God. a. True b. False 10. In the final line of the poem, “(blank)” turns Dante’s will and desires like a wheel in harmony with the rest of Heaven. a. b. c. d. the gaze of Beatrice The Love that moves the sun and the other stars the gravitational pull of the Sun the voice of one crying in the wilderness

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