This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > John Milton > The Poetry Of John Milton – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Poetry Of John Milton Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Early in Book Two of "Paradise Regained, " who yearns to see the missing Jesus (who has wandered into the desert)? A) First Mary, then Joseph. B) First Andrew and Simon (Peter), then Mary. C) First Mary, then James and John. D) First Peter, then Paul and Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First Andrew and Simon (Peter), then Mary. 2. In the Biblical book of "Judges, " A) Dalila pays Samson's ransom from prison. B) Dalila refuses to pay Samson's ransom in prison. C) Never records Dalila's visit to Samson in prison. D) Never records Dalila's cutting of Samson's hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Never records Dalila's visit to Samson in prison. 3. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epic. 4. John Milton's "Areopagitica" is best described by which of the following genres? A) Pastoral elegy. B) Prose polemic. C) Blank verse tragedy. D) Masque. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prose polemic. 5. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adam and Eve hold hands and walk across an arid plain. 6. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intellectual Defender. 7. In "Paradise Lost, " what is the relationship between Satan and Death? A) Death is Satan's father. B) Death is Satan's son. C) Death is Satan's brother. D) Death is Satan's daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Death is Satan's son. 8. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Baptism of Jesus. 9. Which of the following monarchs was "restored" to the British throne during the Restoration? A) Charles I. B) Charles II. C) Henry VIII. D) Charles III. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles II. 10. John Milton was born in 1608 in what city? A) Bath. B) Paris. C) London. D) Nottingham. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) London. 11. In his poem "Lycidas, " John Milton does which of the following? A) Mourns the death of a college classmate. B) Mourns the death of his mother. C) Mourns the death of his son. D) Mourns the death of his wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mourns the death of a college classmate. 12. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. 13. The Renaissance was known for originating which of the following philosophical movements? A) Existentialism. B) Humanism. C) Stoicism. D) Postmodernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humanism. 14. The elegy began as an ancient ..... metrical form. A) French. B) Greek. C) Roman. D) German. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greek. 15. What angel often speaks to Adam in Paradise? A) Michelangelo. B) Raphael. C) Pandosto. D) Baal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raphael. 16. Unlike the gods and goddesses of classical epics, John Milton's God in "Paradise Lost" is ..... and ..... A) Visible, inaccessible. B) Inaccessible, omnipresent. C) Nonexistent, invisible. D) Invisible, omnipresent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invisible, omnipresent. 17. In Book Six of "Paradise Lost, " Satan invents something that he thinks will help win his war against God. What is it? A) Gunpowder. B) Adamantine armor. C) The Chariot of Paternal Deity. D) The Thunderbolt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gunpowder. 18. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE concerning Puritanism? A) There is an emphasis on the importance of preaching. B) There is an emphasis on spiritual experience. C) There is an emphasis on the freedom of sexual expression. D) A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and B. 19. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and B. 20. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) England's poet laureate. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesThe Poetry Of John Milton Quiz 1The Poetry Of John Milton Quiz 3The Poetry Of John Milton Quiz 4The Poetry Of John Milton Quiz 5John Milton Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books