Unit 3 Inferno Test Review
I.
Name
Character Identification / Symbolism: Repeat of study Guide part I
A. match each character below to the item / sin it represents.
i. Beatrice
ii. Brutus & Cassius
iii. Count Ugolino
iv. Dark Wood
v. Friar Albiergo
vi. Leopard
vii. Lion
viii. Paolo and Francesca
ix. She-wolf
x. Virgil
a. worldliness
b. incontinence
c. human reason
d. violence
e. treachery to guests
f. unbridled passion
g. betrayal of master
h. malice and fraud
i. divine love and inspiration
j. betrayal of country / countrymen
B. Match each item / Character below to their punishment, role or location in the
Inferno.
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
ix.
Acheron
Charon
Cocytus
Dante Alighieri
gateway to hell
Limbo
Minos
Satan
a. in Cocytus
b. assignment in Hell
c. first river of Hell
d. Vestibule
e. Lake of ice
f. transports lost souls over river Acheron
g. opportunists
h. pilgrimage through Inferno
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II.
READING COMPREHENSION: Know the plot and incorporate symbolism
into your understanding. Review your text to fill in the following charts / diagrams.
A. Understand the Plot - review your text and jot a summary of Dante’s experience
(where is he, what does he see, with whom does he speak, how does he feel?).
Canto
Canto I
Summary
Canto
III
Canto V
Canto
XXXIII
Canto
XXXIV
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B. Dante’s Levels of Hell – for each level below, identify the type of sin and
punishment associated with it. Include any significant names or landmarks
associated with it (ex. between the Vestibule & Circle 1 you have to pass over
Acheron and through the Gates of Hell).
Canto 1: Dark Wood
Canto 3: Vestibule -
Circle 1 -
Canto 5: Circle 2 -
Canto 33: Circle 9 rounds 2
& 3-
Canto 34: Circle
9 Rounds 4 &
Center -
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III. Literary Devices: Define the following terms:
Allegory –
Alliteration –
Allusion –
Appositive –
Epic simile –
Foreshadowing –
Imagery –
Metaphor –
Parallelism –
Personification –
Puns –
Simile -
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