The focus on theological matters in Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy may seem, at fi rst glance, to be representative of the ............... belief system of the late Middle Ages, complete with blazing inferno and eternal damnation.

according to ............... theory, women would choose occupations that allow them to take care of the family.

Beatrix Potter took comfort in the animals she...................... in her stories.

In spite of her recent success as a novelist, she remains ............ a poet.

It is a study of the social and cultural ........... in which Michelangelo lived and worked.

From the study of these classics, Cook maintains, the humanist philosophy of the Renaissance emerged from the shadows of Church strictures because Dante, and a few others .......................... promoted the belief that moral and ethical issues are a matter for civil society.

It is possible that these pieces were used in ritual contexts outside the ................. context, then later placed in the tomb as an offering.

As of the early 21 st century, there is a general consensus that Moore’s evidence ...................... Garcia’s.

Many people choose ................ rather than burial.

Look at what I ...................at the flea market!

We won't have discussions with this group unless they ................ violence.

Moore’s earlier interpretations of several papyri were .................... by Garcia, some quite controversially so.

Homer’s story, on the other hand, rings with praise of ................ works of his time and provides art criticism in the narrative through careful descriptions of objects that were clearly valuable.

The president said that his country was moving into a new .................., which would be one of lasting peace.

It is also of great importance in .................... and material science in the production of cast alloys.

He has some...........notion about converting one room of his apartment into a gallery.

Homer’s .................figures had palaces with polished stone and precious metals, they wore soft linens, and they carried goldenstudded staff s.

The book is packed with information but it is a little .......................

The portrayal of the underworld in epic tales of ancient Greece, Rome, and medieval Europe reveals each culture’s complex and ...............beliefs about the afterlife.

The works of King, White, and Hall correspond with one another in that they each conclude that the Greeks viewed the underworld as a realm to which all humans (.....................) after death, regardless of their actions during life.

The one exception for the Greeks, King notes, are heroes, who are awarded an ................................. position between mortals and gods, and get a pass from spending eternity in the depths of the underworld.

The one exception for the Greeks, King notes, are heroes, who are awarded an intermediary position between mortals and gods, and ............................. from spending eternity in the depths of the underworld.

Hall stated that Virgil’s and Dante’s images of hell were alike in that there was logic in the way dead souls were assigned ..................-appropriate punishments —for example, how greedy people were forced to push great weights (symbolizing the things they wished to hoard)