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John Milton claimed from an early age that he would become ?
A. England’s first poet
B. England’s first dramatist
C. England’s poet laureate
D. England’s greatest civil engineer
In the Oliver Cromwell “Commonwealth” and “Protectorate” administrations, Milton served as the British government’s chief ?
A. Civil Engineer
B. Poet Laureate
C. Military Strategist
D. Intellectual Defender
Which of the following events occur(s) at some point in John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?
A. Satan contemplates his reflection in a pool of water.
B. Adam contemplates his reflection in a pool of water.
C. Eve contemplates her reflection in a pool of water.
D. All of these
After graduating from university, John Milton toured the continent of Europe and likely met with which of the following individuals ?
A. Michelangelo
B. Charles II
C. Galileo
D. A and B
John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is written in a(n) style ?
A. plain
B. luminescent
C. Latinate
D. Sophistic
John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes” is best described by which of the following genres ?
A. Pastoral elegy
B. Prose polemic
C. Blank verse tragedy
D. Masque
In Book One of “Paradise Lost,” the narrator identifies the fallen angels or devils by what names ?
A. Their surnames
B. The names of pagan gods
C. The names of foreign countries
D. The names of the angels they will become
The first sonnet form invented was the____________?
The first sonnet form invented was the
A. Spenserian
B. Shakespearean
C. Wordsworthian
D. Petrarchan
What Biblical story acts as a springboard for John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” ?
A. The Baptism of Jesus
B. The story of Luke
C. The Ascension of Jesus
D. The Second Coming of Jesus
After Milton went blind, he was able to compose poetry by using ______________?
A. braille
B. dictation
C. a code of his own devising
D. an Abacus
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