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De Miseria Condicionis Humane - Quiz
  • 1. Who is the author of De Miseria Condicionis Humane?
A) Thomas Mann
B) Geoffrey Chaucer
C) Robert E. Lewis
D) Lotario dei Conti di Segni
  • 2. What is an alternative title for the text?
A) The Wretchedness of the Body
B) The Magic Mountain
C) The Legend of Good Women
D) Liber de contemptu mundi
  • 3. In how many parts is the text divided?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Three
D) Five
  • 4. What is the primary subject of the first part of the text?
A) Political governance
B) The geography of hell
C) The wretchedness of the human body
D) The life of the author
  • 5. What does the second part of the work describe?
A) Man's futile ambitions
B) The history of the Church
C) The lives of saints
D) The creation of the world
  • 6. What does the third part of the text cover?
A) Marriage and family
B) Ancient Roman history
C) Decay, hell, and the Day of Judgment
D) Biological evolution
  • 7. When did the author begin writing the work?
A) Between 1384 and 1395
B) In the early 20th century
C) Between 1194 and 1195
D) In 1855
  • 8. What was the author's title when he wrote the text?
A) Abbot
B) Bishop
C) Cardinal
D) Pope
  • 9. Approximately how many manuscripts of the text are extant?
A) 672
B) 50
C) 1000
D) 100
  • 10. Where is the manuscript used for the 1978 Lewis edition kept?
A) The Abbey of St. Martin
B) Oxford University
C) Vatican Library
D) British Library
  • 11. Who translated the work into English in the 14th century?
A) Geoffrey Chaucer
B) Robert E. Lewis
C) Pope Innocent III
D) Thomas Mann
  • 12. Which literary work mentions that Chaucer translated this text?
A) The Canterbury Tales
B) The Magic Mountain
C) The Legend of Good Women
D) Liber de contemptu mundi
  • 13. In which novel is De Miseria Condicionis Humane mentioned as a 'witty' work?
A) The Divine Comedy
B) The Magic Mountain
C) The Decameron
D) The Legend of Good Women
  • 14. Which character loans the book to Hans Castorp in The Magic Mountain?
A) Robert E. Lewis
B) The author
C) Leo Naphta
D) Thomas Mann
  • 15. What was the occupation of Leo Naphta?
A) Jesuit intellectual
B) University professor
C) Cardinal
D) Benedictine monk
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