Sample of Reading Quizzes
Canto I
Questions1. What three animals does Dante encounter in the woods?
2. Who is the shade that Dante sees?
3. What animal is foretold to conquer the she-wolf?
4. Why was Virgil banished from heaven?
5. Where does Dante finally decide to go?
Answers
1. A leopard, a lion, a she-wolf
2. Virgil
3. A greyhound
4. He was "rebellious" to God's law.
5. He follows Virgil into Hell.