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Which of the following events occur(s) in the first book of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?
A. Satan lays dazed on the burning lake.
B. Satan assembles his fallen legions.
C. Adam and Eve fall from the state of Paradise.
D. A and B
John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” is best described by which of the following genres ?
A. Pastoral elegy
B. Prose polemic
C. Blank verse tragedy
D. Epic
What British Romantic artist famously depicted John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” in a series of etchings and prints ?
A. William Wordsworth
B. Percy Bysshe Shelley
C. William Blake
D. John Keats
John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is most similar in linguistic style to what books from “Paradise Lost” ?
A. Three and Four
B. Five and Six
C. Eight and Nine
D. Eleven and Twelve
The English Civil War was waged between what two political groups ?
A. Royalists and Monarchists
B. Royalists and Parliamentarians
C. Parliamentarians and Roundheads
D. Anarchists and Royalists
What poets before Milton were famous for writing epics ?
A. Virgil, Shakespeare, and Spenser
B. Homer, Virgil, and Spenser
C. Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Spenser
D. Gilgamesh, Petrarch, and Dryden
What event occurs in the final lines of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?
A. Adam and Eve hold hands and walk across an arid plain.
B. Adam and Eve promise to be fruitful and multiply.
C. Adam and Eve curse their God.
D. Adam and Eve curse Satan.
Which of the following elements DOES NOT characterize epic poetry ?
A. An Epic Council
B. An “Arming of the Hero” Scene
C. A “Tragic Recognition” Speech
D. An Invocation to the Muse
What author wrote “Life of Milton” ?
A. Samuel Johnson
B. Edmund Spencer
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D. T. S. Eliot
Choose the BEST answer to fill in the blank. John Milton is best described as a strong who emphasized the freedom of the individual ?
A. Anglican
B. Methodist
C. Protestant
D. Buddhist
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