TeachersFirst Context Quiz for Dante

To really understand Dante, you need to know a bit about the social and political situation in which he was writing. The questions below will check your understanding of the important relationships that contributed to Dante's work.

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1. In 1265 Dante was born in the city of

2. Florence was under the jurisdiction of

3. Rome was divided under the authority of the partisans of the Emperor, the Ghibellines and the Guelfs, who were partisans of the

4. Dante's allegiance was to the party.
5. The Guelf party soon split into two factions, the Whites and the
6. Pope Boniface VII sided with the
7. Dante sided with the
8. Dante and the Pope soon quarreled. The Pope sentenced Dante to from Florence.
9. Gemma di Donati was Dante's
10. Dante had (how many?) children?
11. The woman who Dante used as a symbol in his work was named

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