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Category: The Poetry of John Milton
The pastoral elegy often begins with which of the following poetic conventions ?
A. Invocation of a muse
B. A cry of lament
C. Prayer to the Sun
D. A and B
Harapha claims he wishes he could have fought Samson when he had his eyesight because_____________?
A. he wants to get respect from the Philistine general standing beside him.
B. he wants Samson to break out of prison and kill some more Philistines.
C. he wants to encourage Samson.
D. he wants to seem more heroic than he really is.
John Milton was fluent in which of the following languages ?
A. Latin, Greek, and Hebrew
B. Latin, Sanskrit, and Aramaic
C. Latin, Arabic, and Spanish
D. Mandarin, Dutch, and French
Complete the following statement. John Milton explains in the first 26 lines of “Paradise Lost” that that goal of his epic poem will be ?
A. to justify the ways of God to humankind.
B. to justify the ways of humankind to God.
C. to justify the ways of Heaven to Hell.
D. to justify the ways of Hell to Heaven.
As originally envisioned by John Milton, “Paradise Lost” would consist of how many books ?
A. Nine
B. Ten
C. Eleven
D. Twelve
In John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” Satan assumes the character and form of what creature in order to tempt Eve to eat at the Tree of Knowledge ?
A. A toad
B. A serpent
C. A lion
D. A tiger
What character leads Adam and Eve from the Gates of Paradise in the final book of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?
A. Michelangelo
B. Raphael
C. Uriel
D. Michael
What British Romantic author was particularly inspired by the work of John Milton ?
A. William Blake
B. Alfred Lord Tennyson
C. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
D. T.S. Eliot
Milton in “Samson Agonistes” uses a Chorus, which he borrows from what previous genre ?
A. Medieval Mystery Plays
B. Greek Epic
C. Greek Drama
D. French Chanson de Gestes
In Book Three of “Paradise Lost,” God the Father alludes to what theological principle in the following quotation: “I made him [Adam] just and right, / Sufficient to have stood though free to fall.”
A. Transubstantiation
B. Free will
C. Predestination
D. Sufficience
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