Multiple choice: select the best answer ank a

read the following excerpt from canto xxxiv of dante's inferno, in wwch dante
and virgil encounter lucifer, and then view gustave dore's illustration of this
scene

the emperor of the kingdom of despair rose up
from mid-chest out of the sheer ice; and i come
closer to a giant's height

i saw that on his head he had three faces
one in front and it was fiery red

and two others, which joined onto this one
above the center of his shoulder blades
and all three came together at his crown

in each mouth he mashed up a separate sinner
with his sharp teeth, as if they were a grinder
and in this way he put the three through torture

The correct answer is D, as the artwork only displays one face.

D. Lucifer has only one face

Explanation: In this excerpt from Canto XXXIV of Dante's "Inferno", the aspect of Dore's illustration that most clearly differs from Dante's text is that Lucifer has only one face in the illustration. While Dante depicts Lucifer as a three faced giant. One face in front and two above the center of his shoulder blades. With one mouth each in which he mashed up a sinner.

i am almost certain that man symbolizes communism in this passage.

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his tongue, i believe, was bloody and hanging out of his mouth.

he looked as if he were hungry.

he has several wolf-like qualities; a gray coat, sharp claws and yellow fangs.

those eyes made me feel, dear reader, like the end was near.

as i reached for a stick, he moved to the other side of the hill.

panting and hungry, he looked at me, a defenseless human and he snarled.

well i said my prayers, however, he simply turned and limped off.