ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In The Paradiso, who questions Dante about hope?
A
Saint James
B
Saint John
C
Saint Peter
D
Saint Thomas
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Paradiso XXV, 13-24. St James appears from out of the sphere containing Christ’s first vicars and joins Peter. He questions Dante on Hope, just as Peter had questioned him on Faith.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the following cantos Dante is examined by St Peter, St James and St John on the nature of the three theological virtues: faith, hope and charity. Dante then encounters Adam, who offers explanations regarding his life regarding the nature of original sin and language.

Detailed explanation-3: -The metaphor of Francis as the groom of Poverty, his bride, governs the story of his life, as Dante tells it in Paradiso 11.

Detailed explanation-4: -We are in the heaven of the fixed stars, which the pilgrim entered at verse 111 of Paradiso 22, and now Dante will be examined on the three theological virtues: faith, hope, and charity.

Detailed explanation-5: -St. Peter examines Dante on the theology of faith, St. James on the theology of hope, and St. John on the theology of love.

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