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In “Paradise Lost,” Milton calls his Muse by which of the following names ?
A. Uriel
B. Urania
C. Calypso
D. Calliope
In “Samson Agonistes,” the character who tells others of Samson’s death is_____________?
A. Manoa.
B. Dalila.
C. the Chorus.
D. a Messenger.
“Samson Agonistes” is described as a “Closet Drama,” which means_______________?
A. it can be acted out on a very small stage.
B. it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage.
C. people will read it in secret and not publically admit they read it.
D. it was written to be acted in a church.
According to John Milton’s view of the structure of the universe, the “Created Universe” is surrounded by what ?
A. Heaven
B. Hell
C. Chaos
D. Sunshine
Which of the following British monarchs was executed during the English Civil War ?
A. Charles I
B. Charles II
C. Queen Anne
D. Henry VIII
In “Samson Agonistes,” the Chorus describes the approaching Dalila as beautifully and lavishly dressed to better seduce Samson. This is interesting because ?
A. the Chorus has just stated it hates this kind of lavish, external beauty.
B. Samson hates this kind of lavish, external beauty.
C. Dalila usually dresses in a more understated Puritan manner.
D. Samson is blind.
Unlike the gods and goddesses of classical epics, John Milton’s God in “Paradise Lost” is and____________?
A. visible, inaccessible
B. inaccessible, omnipresent
C. nonexistent, invisible
D. invisible, omnipresent
In 1660, after the Restoration, Milton suffered which of the following punishments ?
A. He was imprisoned.
B. His left index finger was chopped off.
C. He was placed in the stocks for a week.
D. A and B
Despite Samson’s defeat and shame, Samson predicts that God will “arise and his great name assert” by making Dagon receive “Such a discomfit, as shall quite despoil him / Of all these boasted Trophies won on me / And with confusion blank his Worshippers” (467–71). This prediction is interesting because ?
A. the prediction is never fulfilled.
B. the prophet Enoch had made the same prediction centuries earlier.
C. Samson doesn’t know he himself will fulfill the prediction.
D. the prediction is finally fulfilled much later when Jesus defeats Dagon
John Milton was inspired by the previous works of what authors ?
A. Homer, Virgil, and Dante
B. Dante, Spenser, and Pope
C. Homer, Dryden, and Longfellow
D. Virgil, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen
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