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A character from this city says that he seeks a figure whom an atheist poet from this city “perhaps had scorned,” but upsets an old man who asks if the “sweet light” still “strikes” that poet’s “eyes.” A sonnet wishes that three poets from this city could board a “magic ship” that can fly “at will.” T. S. Eliot quoted the line “Because I do not hope to turn again” from a poet born in this city, part of a movement deemed the “Sweet New Style.” (10[1])An (10[1])author from this city (10[1])included 25 love sonnets with prose commentary in a book whose title translates as “The New Life.” A man from this city, whose son wrote “Donna me prega,” appears in a grave inside the fiery City of Dis in the tenth canto of a poem (-5[1])that describes an author from this city being (10[1])guided by Virgil. (10[3])For 10 points, name this city from which Guido Cavalcanti and Dante Alighieri were exiled. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Florence [prompt on Sarzana or Verona or Lucca by asking “where was that person born?”]
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Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)Liberty C (DII)8510
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)JMU B (UG)8610
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Maryland B (UG)9010
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)Duke A (UG)135-5
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)GWU B (Grad)14310
Aidan Casdin (UG)JMU A (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)14610
Vedang Singhal (DII)UNC D (DII)Virginia B (UG)14610
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)William & Mary A (UG)14610
Evyn Keller (UG)GWU A (UG)Maryland C (DII)16210
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)UNC B (UG)1620
Ian He (UG)UNC C (UG)Liberty B (DII)16210