# What level of Hell are YOU going to?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 5, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155 "2003-12-05T14:51:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/21 "2003-12-05T17:14:50Z")

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Level 2. But I think I can lie and cheat my way into Purgatory. 😉

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**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/22 "2003-12-05T17:56:21Z")

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Apparently I’d be welcome in any level 2 thru 9, having scored between high and extreme for all of them, but ultimately I have been sent to level 2 with the lustful - which is fine by me.

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**Author:** ![swannguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@swannguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swannguy)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/23 "2003-12-05T18:13:15Z")

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\<b\>The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to \<i\>the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!\</i\>\</b\>\<br\>Here is how you matched up against all the levels:\<br\>\<table cellspacing=“1” style=“margin: 5px; background-color: #000000; border: none; font: 10pt arial, verdana, ‘sans serif’;”\>\<tr style=“font: bold 12pt arial, verdana, ‘sans serif’; text-align: center; color: #ffffff; background-color: #333333;”\>\<th\>\<b\>Level\</b\>\</th\>\<th\>\<b\>Score\</b\>\</th\>\</tr\>\<tr style=“background-color: #220033; color: #eeeeee;”\>\<td style=“padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#0](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#0)” style=“color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;”\>Purgatory\</a\>\</b\> (Repenting Believers)\</td\>\<td style=“color: #3344bb; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>Very Low\</b\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr style=“background-color: #110022; color: #eeeeee;”\>\<td style=“padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#1](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#1)” style=“color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;”\>Level 1 - Limbo\</a\>\</b\> (Virtuous Non-Believers)\</td\>\<td style=“color: #3344bb; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>Very Low\</b\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr style=“background-color: #220011; color: #eeeeee;”\>\<td style=“padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#2](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#2)” style=“color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;”\>Level 2\</a\>\</b\> (Lustful)\</td\>\<td style=“color: #c40033; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>Very High\</b\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr style=“background-color: #330011; color: #eeeeee;”\>\<td style=“padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#3](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#3)” style=“color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;”\>Level 3\</a\>\</b\> (Gluttonous)\</td\>\<td style=“color: #ff1133; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>High\</b\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr style=“background-color: #440011; color: #eeeeee;”\>\<td style=“padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#4](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#4)” style=“color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;”\>Level 4\</a\>\</b\> (Prodigal and Avaricious)\</td\>\<td style=“color: #c40033; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>Very High\</b\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr style=“background-color: #550011; color: #eeeeee;”\>\<td style=“padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#5](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#5)” style=“color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;”\>Level 5\</a\>\</b\> (Wrathful and Gloomy)\</td\>\<td style=“color: #ff1133; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>High\</b\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr style=“background-color: #660011; color: #eeeeee;”\>\<td style=“padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#6](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#6)” style=“color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;”\>Level 6 - The City of Dis\</a\>\</b\> (Heretics)\</td\>\<td style=“color: #ee2244; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>Extreme\</b\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr style=“background-color: #770011; color: #eeeeee;”\>\<td style=“padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#7](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#7)” style=“color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;”\>Level 7\</a\>\</b\> (Violent)\</td\>\<td style=“color: #c40033; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>Very High\</b\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr style=“background-color: #880011; color: #eeeeee;”\>\<td style=“padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#8](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#8)” style=“color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;”\>Level 8- the Malebolge\</a\>\</b\> (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)\</td\>\<td style=“color: #ee2244; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>Extreme\</b\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr style=“background-color: #990011; color: #eeeeee;”\>\<td style=“padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#9](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#9)” style=“color: #ff3344; text-decoration: underline;”\>Level 9 - Cocytus\</a\>\</b\> (Treacherous)\</td\>\<td style=“color: #ff1133; background-color: #333333; padding: 4px;”\>\<b\>High\</b\>\</td\>\</tr\>\</table\>\<br\>\<b\>Take the \<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv)”\>Dante’s Inferno Hell Test\</a\>\</b\>

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**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/24 "2003-12-05T18:16:36Z")

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level 5.

Very high on: 2, 3, 4, 5  
high on: 7,8,9  
very low on: purg, 1, 6

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**Author:** ![swannguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@swannguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swannguy)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/25 "2003-12-05T18:26:50Z")

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Well apparently I’m the greatest klutz on the board…I sincerely apologize for my post

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**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/26 "2003-12-05T18:41:05Z")

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Purgatory for me. Although level 2 sounds like more fun.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/27 "2003-12-05T18:57:42Z")

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Everybody Limbo! How low can you go?

I would have thought I would be much lower. Man, I can’t even pull off Sloth and Glutton right. But I still have Lust. 😉

I wonder if Homer has written anything new?

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/28 "2003-12-05T19:00:10Z")

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Hi! I’m Kalhoun and I’m a Level 2 gal. I like walks on the beach, expensive French restaurants, and spending money at will. Sex is a big turn-on, war is a big turn-off. See ya there! (blows kiss)

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**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/29 "2003-12-05T22:45:07Z")

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::waving to **Deadly Nightlight** :: 🙂

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 | Very Low  
Level 1 - Limbo | Moderate  
Level 2 | Moderate  
Level 3 | High  
Level 4 | High  
Level 5 | Moderate  
Level 6 - The City of Dis | Low  
Level 7 | Very High  
Level 8- the Malebolge | High  
Level 9 - Cocytus | Low

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**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/30 "2003-12-05T23:14:55Z")

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Upon reading the subject line, I was going to answer “engineering”. The linked test puts me at level 6.

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**Author:** ![Tallayan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Tallayan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tallayan)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/31 "2003-12-05T23:40:23Z")

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I got an extreme on purgatory, I don’t know wether to be proud or embarassed.

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**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/32 "2003-12-06T00:00:20Z")

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> \*Originally posted by swannguy \*  
> \*\*Well apparently I’m the greatest klutz on the board…I sincerely apologize for my post \*\*

Too late to apologize, I’ve already bribed the demons to chuck you down an extra level.

😃

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**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/33 "2003-12-06T00:23:18Z")

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Level | Score  
Purgatory | High  
Level 1 - Limbo | Very High  
Level 2 | Moderate  
Level 3 | Moderate  
Level 4 | Very Low  
Level 5 | Very Low  
Level 6 - The City of Dis | Very Low  
Level 7 | Moderate  
Level 8- the Malebolge | Moderate  
Level 9 - Cocytus | Very Low

So I’m either going to Purgatory or Limbo. Eh. Could be worse 🙂

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**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/34 "2003-12-06T00:24:28Z")

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Eigth Level of Hell - the Malebolge

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Many and varied sinners suffer eternally in the multi-leveled Malebolge, an ampitheatre-shapped pit of despair Wholly of stone and of an iron colour: Those guilty of fraudulence and malice; the seducers and pimps, who are whipped by horned demons; the hypocrites, who struggle to walk in lead-lined cloaks; the barraters, who are ducked in boiling pitch by demons known as the Malebranche. The simonists, wedged into stone holes, and whose feet are licked by flames, kick and writhe desperately. The magicians, diviners, fortune tellers, and panderers are all here, as are the thieves. Some wallow in human excrement. Serpents writhe and wrap around men, sometimes fusing into each other. Bodies are torn apart. When you arrive, you will want to put your hands over your ears because of the lamentations of the sinners here, who are afflicted with scabs like leprosy, and lay sick on the ground, furiously scratching their skin off with their nails. Indeed, justice divine doth smite them with its hammer.

Purgatory Repenting Believers Very Low  
Level 1 - Limbo Virtuous Non-Believers Moderate  
Level 2 Lustful High  
Level 3 Gluttonous Low  
Level 4 Prodigal and Avaricious Low  
Level 5 Wrathful and Gloomy Low  
Level 6 - The City of Dis Heretics High  
Level 7 Violent Moderate  
Level 8- the Malebolge Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers High  
Level 9 - Cocytus Treacherous High

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**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/35 "2003-12-06T01:33:11Z")

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Level 6, I’ll be in good company.

Level Score  
Purgatory Very Low  
Level 1 -Moderate  
Level 2 Very High  
Level 3 Low  
Level 4 Low  
Level 5 High  
Level 6 - Very High  
Level 7 Moderate  
Level 8- Moderate  
Level 9 - Low

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**Author:** ![sulawesi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@sulawesi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sulawesi)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/36 "2003-12-06T01:42:39Z")

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Er… I scored very high on level 7, violent. I don’t think anyone would describe me as violent. 😕 Wrathful and gloomy, maybe, but I scored low on that.

Level | Score  
Purgatory | Very Low  
Level 1 - Limbo | High  
Level 2 | Moderate  
Level 3 | Low  
Level 4 | Very Low  
Level 5 | Low  
Level 6 - The City of Dis | Very Low  
Level 7 | Very High  
Level 8- the Malebolge | High  
Level 9 - Cocytus | Low

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/37 "2003-12-06T01:58:02Z")

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I’m in Limbo, and the only negative item that I had was Gluttony.

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**Author:** ![The\_Batman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/38 "2003-12-06T02:21:22Z")

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5th Level. Did anybody else take the personality disorder test that they mention? I’m Avoidant.

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**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/39 "2003-12-06T03:46:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Tijuana\_Golds \*  
> \*\*5th Level. Did anybody else take the personality disorder test that they mention? I’m Avoidant. \*\*

I took it, and found out there were so many things wrong with me, I didn’t even save it. That was creepy. I think I should just check myself in someplace and ask them to throw away the key … but, I won’t :eek:

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**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-hell-are-you-going-to/217155/40 "2003-12-06T04:26:49Z")

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6th level. Woohoo! I’m a heretic!

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