Humanities CLEP Prep Practice Exam

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Who wrote the divine comedy, a poetic work about a pilgrim's journey through hell, purgatory, and paradise?

  1. Plato

  2. Dante

  3. Chaucer

  4. Shakespeare

The correct answer is: Dante

The Divine Comedy was written by Dante Alighieri, not Plato, Chaucer, or Shakespeare. Plato was a Greek philosopher who wrote dialogues, not poetic works. Chaucer was an English poet who wrote The Canterbury Tales, but it does not describe a journey through hell, purgatory, and paradise like The Divine Comedy does. Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet whose works also do not resemble the themes and structure of The Divine Comedy. Therefore, the correct answer is B.

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