ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What part of Dante’s body did the bone come from?
A
his leg
B
his back
C
his arm
D
his head
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dante was buried by the church of San Pier Maggiore (now the Basilica di San Francesco) with all the pomp that Ravenna could muster. After a funeral attended by the city’s great and good, his body went into a Roman marble sarcophagus that was laid to rest outside the church’s cloisters.

Detailed explanation-2: -Appearance. Dante was a muscular and athletic man with an experienced knowledge of combat. He had short and brown hair beneath his chain mail and metal crown of thorns. (Though in the film, he was depicted in several different ways by varying his hair’s length, body proportions and armor.)

Detailed explanation-3: -The Divine Comedy is divided into three canticles: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Dante’s Inferno, Satan is portrayed as a giant demon, frozen mid-breast in ice at the center of Hell. Satan has three faces and a pair of bat-like wings affixed under each chin.

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