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Category: The Poetry of John Milton
In , a good example of Milton’s sharp rhetorical prose, Milton denounces restrictive censorship, arguing for freedom of the press ?
A. “Paradise Lost”
B. “Samson Agonistes”
C. “Areopagitica”
D. “Paradise Regained”
John Milton’s “L’Allegro” and “Il Penseroso” are companion poems and are both written in ?
A. iambic pentameter
B. tetrameter couplets
C. heroic couplets
D. Shakespearean sonnets
What character in “Paradise Lost” is first tempted to eat of the Tree of Knowledge ?
A. Raphael
B. Eve
C. Adam
D. The Son
What important event(s) occur(s) in John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” immediately after Eve first eats of the Tree of Knowledge ?
A. Nature is immediately wounded by Eve’s transgression.
B. Satan is immediately wounded by Eve’s transgression.
C. Raphael is immediately wounded by Eve’s transgression.
D. Abdiel immediately flees the Council of Rebel Angels.
Which of the following statements is/are TRUE concerning John Milton’s ideal republic ?
A. There was to be no king, bishops, or House of Lords.
B. There were to be no churches except Anglican churches.
C. There was to be no Oxford University.
D. A and C
John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is a story largely about what topic ?
A. A quest for knowledge of the self
B. A quest for knowledge of other countries
C. A quest for knowledge of the future
D. A quest for Forbidden Knowledge
The Primary Narrator for Books Eleven and Twelve of “Paradise Lost,” who relates future events is which of the following ?
A. The Son
B. Raphael
C. Michael
D. Adam
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