Question 1 of 10 According to Michael Meister's Introduction to the Inferno, why does Dante's
story still have a powerful effect on its readers hundreds of years after its
creation?
A. Because many modern-day people still have near-death
experiences
B. Because Dante's written language is still easily understandable
today
C. Because the characters in the story are so well known in modern
times
D. Because people still wonder about the afterlife even today

Which is the best paraphrase of the passage? a.)it’s always cloudy where the men of winter live. b.)it’s always misty where the men of winter live. c.)it’s always dark where the men of winter live. d.)it’s always sunny where the men of winter live. read the passage from the odyssey - elpenor. by night our ship ran onward toward the ocean's bourne, the realm and region of the men of winter, hidden in mist and cloud. never the flaming eye of helios lights on those men at morning, when he climbs the sky of stars, nor in descending earthward out of heaven; ruinous night being rove over those wretches.