Category: The Poetry of John Milton

Which of the following British monarchs was executed during the English Civil War ?

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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 ?

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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____________?

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A. visible, inaccessible
B. inaccessible, omnipresent
C. nonexistent, invisible
D. invisible, omnipresent

In 1660, after the Restoration, Milton suffered which of the following punishments ?

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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 ?

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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

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Category: The Poetry of John Milton

Which of the following British monarchs was executed during the English Civil War ?

In “Samson Agonistes,” the Chorus describes the approaching Dalila as beautifully and lavishly dressed to better seduce Samson. This is interesting because ?

Unlike the gods and goddesses of classical epics, John Milton’s God in “Paradise Lost” is and____________?

In 1660, after the Restoration, Milton suffered which of the following punishments ?

John Milton was inspired by the previous works of what authors ?

Which of the following events occur(s) in the first book of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?

John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” is best described by which of the following genres ?

What British Romantic artist famously depicted John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” in a series of etchings and prints ?

John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is most similar in linguistic style to what books from “Paradise Lost” ?