Dante Test – Paradiso – Questions with
Answers
Where are Dante and Beatrice at the beginning of the Paradiso? - -The
earthly paradise
-What does Dante imitate Beatrice in doing? - -Staring at the sun
-Where do Dante and Beatrice pass through as they soar? - -The sphere of
fire where they first hear the music of the spheres
-What is the first sphere of Heaven? - -The Moon
-What does Beatrice explain to Dante on the Moon? - -The truth of the
Moon's markings
-What souls reside in the sphere of the Moon? - -The Inconstant
-Name two of the Inconstant - -Piccarda
Empress Constance
-What does Piccarda explain to Dante? - -Every soul in Heaven rejoices fully
at where God put them
-Who says, "In His Will is our peace?" - -Piccarda
-What question does Dante grapple with on the Moon? - -Free will (Plato's
theory that everything is essentially predetermined)
-What is the second sphere of Heaven? - -Mercury
-What souls reside on Mercury? - -The Seekers of Honor
-Name one soul who is a Seeker of Honor - -Emperor Justinian
-What does Justinian discourse on? - -The Roman Eagle
-What hymn do Justinian and his companions sing? - -Hymn to the God of
Battles
-What does Beatrice's discourse on Mercury deal with? - -The double nature
of the Crucifixion and why the Crucifixion was the greatest act of all eternity
-What is the third sphere of Heaven? - -Venus
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