Question

According to the article, what professional choice was Dante faced with when writing the Divine Comedy?

a. whether or not to write in Italian
b. whether or not to cast himself as the main character.
c. whether or not to include the catholic idea of purgatory
d. whether or not to imitate Chaucer's 10-syllable line

Answer 1

The correct answer is b. whether or not to cast himself as the main character.

He didn't want to make it too obvious that the Divine Comedy insulted many of the locals and many rich and wealthy people of power, and casting himself would certainly point towards that.