In The Inferno, where is hell physically situated ?
Correct answer: B. Beneath Jerusalem
- A. Beneath Cairo
- B. Beneath Jerusalem
- C. Beneath Rome
- D. Beneath Florence
Explanation
Dante depicts Hell as a vast funnel-shaped cavity beneath Jerusalem, formed when Lucifer fell from Heaven and displaced the earth. Its narrowing circles lead down to the world's centre.
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