Which statement about the Inferno is true?A. Dante wrote the Inferno in response to Pope Nicholas's "Essay on Man."B.Dante died
before completing the Inferno, so Virgil was commissioned to complete the manuscript many years after Dante's death.C. The events of the Inferno take place before Dante was exiled from Florence.D.The events of the Inferno were based on Dante's near-death experience after he was beaten by the Black Guelphs.
Answer: C. The events of the Inferno take place before Dante was exiled from Florence.
Dante Alighieri was an Italian poet, writer and political thinker. He is the author of <em>The Divine Comedy</em>, considered one of the greatest works of Mediaeval literature. The work draws on Dante's experience of exile from his native city in Florence. However, the events of <em>Inferno</em> take place before Dante was exiled from Florence. Inferno is the first section of this epic poem, the other two being <em>Purgatory</em> and <em>Paradise</em>.
