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Study Guide Answers
1. Dante's hometown was ______________________ , Italy.
Florence
2. Dante established which Italian dialect as the national literary language?
Tuscan
3. Dante's lifelong muse was not his wife, but ____________________ .
Beatrice (Portinari/dei Bardi)
4. Where was Dante when word reached him that the opposing political faction had convicted him of crimes?
Rome
5. In Arrezo, with what famous father-son scholars/poets did Dante find shelter for a while?
the Petrarchs
6. After leaving Tuscany early in his exile, Dante set forth to join Bartolomeo della Scala in what Italian city?
Verona
7. Where in Italy is Europe's oldest university ?
Bologna
8. Who served as Dante's guide in the books of Hell and Purgatory?
Virgil
9. Which of the rival Italian factions adorned its strongholds with fishtail-shaped battlements?
Ghibelines
10. In Padua, Dante is thought to have lived with what famous artist?
Giotto
11. What Italian city is famous for being the location of white marble quarries?
Carrara
12. Whom did Dante see as the possible unifier of the various Italian factions?
Henry VII of Luxembourg
13. Though Bologna can boast of two leaning towers, which Italian city has the most famous leaning tower?
Pisa
14. Count Ugolino, his sons, and his grandsons were starved to death in which Italian city?
Pisa
15. Who was Dante's favorite saint?
St. Francis of Assisi
16. Dante found refuge with Can Grande in which Italian city?
Verona
17. Where was Dante's last home in exile?
Ravenna
18. Where is there an empty tomb for Dante?
Florence
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