Question

What lines from the Inferno best reflect Dante's message that "God is an ordered and fair God"?

A."But fasten your eyes below, down to the plain / Where we approach a river of blood boiling / Those who harm their neighbors by violence." (Canto XII, lines 46 – 48) B."To hold God in disdain and prize him little; / But, as I told you, these affronts of his / Are the right decorations for his chest." (Canto XIV, lines 70 – 72) C."Ah, justice of God! Who has heaped up so many / Of the fresh trials and tortures that I saw?" (Canto XII, lines 19 – 20) D."From there we reached the border that divided / The second from the third ring, and there / I witnessed the horrendous art of justice." (Canto IX, lines 4 – 6)

Answer 1

Answer: D. "From there we reached the border that divided / The second from the third ring, and there / I witnessed the horrendous art of justice." (Canto IX, lines 4 – 6).

Step-by-step explanation: From the given lines of Dante's Inferno, the ones that best reflect Dante's message that God is an ordered and fair God, are the corresponding to option D: "From there we reached the border that divided / The second from the third ring, and there / I witnessed the horrendous art of justice" because in this lines he expresses that God practices the art of justice and also gives us a sense of order by mentioning in which ring he is.