In a handbasket, probably. You've always suspect it, but I now know for certain thanks to this little test.
I've read several different editions of Dante's Inferno, although I've only read Bickerstaff's and Musa's editions of Purgatory and Paradiso; Inferno is by far the most exciting (in a stuff-blows-up kind of way) of the three, although the symbolism of the entire poem is phenomenal.
I have editions translated or edited by Dorothy Sayers (one of my favourite authors, who has written exemplary novels: Murder Must Advertise is in my bag right now, and The Nine Tailors is another); Mark Musa (in a wonderfully-annotated Penguin ed.); Allan Mandelbaum, a hefty illustrated ed.; and Ciardi.
[Sunday] Also a nice Briitsh edition of the American poet Laureate's translation; I do'n't think I have an edition with Wm Blake's illustrations.
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The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Seventh Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
| Level | Score |
|---|---|
| Purgatory (Repenting Believers) | Very Low |
| Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) | Low |
| Level 2 (Lustful) | High |
| Level 3 (Gluttonous) | Very High |
| Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) | Low |
| Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy) | High |
| Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics) | High |
| Level 7 (Violent) | Very High |
| Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers) | Very High |
| Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous) | High |
Last night drove home from work around midnight, and found a parking spot at the intersection of Haight and Divis on the first pass! (It was a 10 AM spot, which meant that I could laze about (in theory, at least; I was answering pages until 9.30 or so) and then head to Cooper's.)
The only thing that would have made it better (better'n rock-star, even) would have been if the pizza store were open.