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Dante's Inferno | Canto 13 Questions and Answers

Study Questions
1. In line 94 a reference is made to Minos. Who is Minos?

2. In line 64 a reference is made to a harlot. Who is this harlot?

3. Why is Dante reluctant to speak to the trees?

4. A reference is made in line 8 to a place between Corveto and Cecina. What does this mean?

5. Canto XIII concludes with a reference to the fact that the shade made a scaffold of his roof-tree. What does this mean?

6. Why does Virgil ask Dante to pluck a small branch or twig from a tree?

7. Describe in detail the Harpies mentioned in Canto XIII.

8. In Canto XIII what...

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