According to the article, what professional choice was dante faced with when writing the divine comedy?

a. whether or not to imitate chaucer's 10-syllable line
b. whether or not to write in italian
c. whether or not to include the catholic idea of purgatory
d. whether or not to cast himself as the main character

The correct answer is D. Whether or not to cast himself as the main character. 

Not only was this question about him, but about his entire surrounding, as he wanted to speak about everyone from Italy, without it being too obvious. His life and the life of the people he knew is partly in the epic and partly not, as he tried to keep as much of his life out of the epic.