FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the mother of Emperor Frederick II
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the sister of a friend of Dante
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A woman killed by her husband
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In this canto Dante will meet Piccarda Donati. She is the sister of Forese Donati, the old friend from Florence with whom Dante had a nostalgic interaction on Purgatory’s terrace of gluttony.
Detailed explanation-2: -Piccarda is one of a handful of women whom Dante rescues from historical oblivion and to whom he grants a favorable destiny and an independent voice. It seems she fled her home in 1287 to join the Order of Saint Clare (the Poor Clares) at Santa Maria di Monticelli, a monastery once in the vicinity of San Miniato.
Detailed explanation-3: -Constance was a 12-century Sicilian queen, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI. Like her fellow nun Piccarda dei Donati, Constance left the religious life she preferred on the urging of family members and married; as a result, she spends eternity in the heavenly sphere of the Moon, which is associated with inconstancy.
Detailed explanation-4: -His mother died during his childhood, and his father, who remarried, died in 1283. Dante had two sisters (one a half sister named Tana from his father’s second marriage) and a half brother named Francesco.
Detailed explanation-5: -Dante and his twin brother, Vergil, were born to the legendary demon Sparda and the human Eva.