Dante Reading Assignments and Quiz Schedule
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Dante Reading Schedule Fall 2012
WEEK ONE
Tuesday, October 30
- Story of Dante’s Early Life
- Canto 1 “Lost and Found”
Wednesday, October 31
- Canto 2 – “Cold Feet”
WEEK TWO
Monday, November 5
- Background on Italian Politics
- Canto 3 – “Hell’s Gate”
Tuesday, November 6
- Dante’s Exile
- Canto 4 – “Twilight Limbo”
Wednesday, November 7
- History Review
- Canto 5 – “Doomed Lovers”
- Study for Quiz
Thursday, November 8
- HISTORY QUIZ
- Canto 6 – “Ciacco the Hog”
Friday, November 9
- Canto 7 – “Wasters and Hoarders”
- Study for Quiz on “Sins of Incontinence”
WEEK THREE
Monday, November 12
- No Class; Math Day
Tuesday, November 13
- QUIZ on Cantos 1 – 7
- Canto 8 – “A Second Ferryman”
Wednesday, November 14
- Canto 9 – “Roadblock”
Thursday, November 15
- Canto 10 – “A Proud Heretic”
Friday, November 16
- Canto 11 – “Virgil Explains Sin”
- Study for Quiz on Cantos 8 - 11