“When the mind returned, which closed itself before the pity of these two kinsfolk, that had all confounded me with sadness, new torments and new tormented souls I see around me wherever I move, and howsoever I turn, and wherever I gaze. I am in the third circle, that of the rain eternal, accursed, cold, and heavy. Its rule and quality are never new. Coarse hail, and foul water and snow pour down through the [murky] air; the earth that receives them stinks. Cerberus, a beast cruel and monstrous, with three throats barks doglike above the people that are here submerged. He has [red] eyes, and a greasy and black beard, and a big belly, and hands armed with claws: he tears the spirits, flays them, and rends.” —Dante Alghieri, quoted on the Virtual Library Web site What does the third circle consist of? a. rain c. grass b. blizzards d. sunshine