This poem was first published in 1581 without its author’s permission while he was in the mental institution of Saint Anna. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this epic poem in which the witch Armida takes Rinaldo to a magical island, where he forgets about the First Crusade.
ANSWER: Jerusalem Delivered [or La Gerusalemme liberata or The Liberation of Jerusalem]
[10e] Jerusalem is said to lie at the opposite point of the globe to Mount Purgatory in this Dante poem, whose three sections are the Inferno, the Purgatorio, and the Paradiso.
ANSWER: The Divine Comedy [or La Divina Commedia]
[10m] Torquato Tasso’s (“tor-QUAH-toh TASS-oh’z”) poem Jerusalem Delivered is divided into these subsections. The Divine Comedy contains 100 of these subsections.
ANSWER: cantos [or canti; prompt on songs]
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