Inferno Study
Guide (Test on Wed.)
~Be able to list the type of sinner that is contained in
each circle (ie. Traitors).
~Be able to explain one punishment for the type of sinner
that is contained in each circle
~Be able to name one sinner that is contained in each
circle AND why they are there
~Please know the following:
*What Dante and Virgil symbolically represent
*What the Leopard, the Lion, and the She-wolf represent
*Which animal Dante is the most frightened by
*Why he can’t go straight to heaven
*What Beatrice is symbolic of
*When Dante’s journey begins
*How old Dante is
*What is symbolic retribution (be able to provide at least
5 examples)
*Who Minos is AND how he informs sinners of the circle they
are assigned to
*The purpose of Dante’s swooning
*State any 3 monsters that we have encountered in our
reading and what they do