{"id":66429,"date":"2014-02-10T16:15:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T21:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=66429"},"modified":"2014-03-08T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T20:02:00","slug":"recapping-dante-your-midterm-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/10\/recapping-dante-your-midterm-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Recapping Dante: Your Midterm Exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_66433\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Standardized-Test-Tom-Woodward.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66433\" class=\" wp-image-66433\" alt=\"Standardized Test Tom Woodward\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Standardized-Test-Tom-Woodward.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Standardized-Test-Tom-Woodward.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Standardized-Test-Tom-Woodward-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-66433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Tom Woodward\/Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>This week, we pause our winter-long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/30\/fall-sweeps\/\" target=\"_blank\">recap<\/a> of the <\/em>Inferno<em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0385496982\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0385496982&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=theparrev0f-20\" target=\"_blank\">read along<\/a>!) to quiz you on all that we\u2019ve learned thus far. This is an open-book exam; all grades are final. Good luck!<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><br \/><strong>Part I: Multiple Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Dante is<br \/>(a) The poet\u2019s first name<br \/>(b) The poet\u2019s last name<br \/>(c) The poet\u2019s performance alias, \u00e0 la Madonna or Ginuwine<br \/>(d) The owner of the peak in the 1997 Pierce Brosnan vehicle, <i>Dante\u2019s Peak<br \/><\/i><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>2. In canto 1, Dante encounters a Lonza, a beast best described as<br \/>(a) A leopard-lion hybrid<br \/>(b) Probably completely made up<br \/>(c) An allegorical stand-in for Dante\u2019s enemies in the City of Florence<br \/>(d) All of the above<\/p>\n<p>3. In canto 5, Francesca tells Dante that she was unfaithful to her husband after reading a love story. What story was it?<br \/>(a) The story of Dido and Aeneas<br \/>(b) The story of Lancelot<br \/>(c) <em>Ars<\/em> <em>Erotica<\/em>,<em> <\/em>Ovid\u2019s bodice ripper<br \/>(d) Irrelevant. The story she was reading was merely a vehicle for the affair, not the cause of it<\/p>\n<p>4. A Dantista is<br \/>(a) The Italian word for dentist<br \/>(b) A Dante scholar<br \/>(c) A female Dante scholar with attitude<br \/>(d) A superlative used to describe Dante\u2019s best work<br \/>\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part II: Match the sinner to his or her punishment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SINNERS<\/p>\n<p>Pier delle Vigne <br \/>Homer <br \/>Cavalcanti <br \/>Brunetto Latini <br \/>Attila <br \/>Francesca da Rimini <br \/>Filippo Argenti<\/p>\n<p>PUNISHMENTS<\/p>\n<p>Cruel and unusual sex denial<br \/>Trapped as a shrub<br \/>Stuck in a flaming tomb<br \/>Drowning in the Styx<br \/>Running under fire and brimstone<br \/>Revocation of ticket to paradise<br \/>Eternal boiling bloodbath<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part III: Short Answer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who is Charon? _________________________________________________<br \/>Would someone please tell me what a Lonza is? ___________________________<br \/>To which party did Dante belong? _____________________________________<br \/>What is the plural of <em>canto<\/em>? _________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part IV: Write a short essay on all of the following.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) How does Dante feel about Florence?<br \/>(2) Is Virgil the good cop or the bad cop? Compare and contrast.<br \/>(3) What is sodomy, anyway?<br \/>(4) In which circle would Dante himself belong?<br \/>(5) How does the Lonza from canto 1 make you feel?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part V: Write a long essay on one of the following. A second may be answered for extra credit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) In Italian, Dante is known as <i>il Sommo Poeta\u2014<\/i>the Supreme Poet. Imagine you are the manager of a sandwich shop and have been charged with designing a sandwich called the Supreme Poet. What is this sandwich? A strong essay will explain why each ingredient is supreme, and why they all fit together.<br \/>(2) Pasta is often cooked <em>al dente<\/em>, \u201cto the tooth\u201d\u2014retaining a certain firmness. What would it mean to do something <i>al Dante<\/i>?<br \/>(3) Discuss the opposing political ideologies of the warring Guelph and Ghibelline factions. Support your argument with historical information and precise dates. (Hint: explain what happened in 1250.)<br \/>(4) Consider the Tuscan wine-making tradition of Chianti. Prepare an extended argument for why Dante is either the original Chianti Classico wine or the controversial Nuovo Chianti.<\/p>\n<p><em>To catch up on our Dante series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/dante\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Alexander Aciman is the author of <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.us.penguingroup.com\/static\/pages\/features\/twitterature.html\" target=\"_blank\">Twitterature<\/a><em>. He has written for the <\/em>New York Times<em>, <\/em>Tablet<em>, the <\/em>Wall Street Journal<em>, and <\/em>TIME<em>. Follow him on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acimania\" target=\"_blank\">@acimania<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we pause our winter-long recap of the Inferno (read along!) to quiz you on all that we\u2019ve learned thus far. 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