The Poetry Of John Milton Quiz 3 (20 MCQs)

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1. John Milton's "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso" are companion poems and are both written in .....

Correct Answer: B) Tetrameter couplets.

2. John Milton's "Paradise Regained" is a story largely about what topic?

Correct Answer: A) A quest for knowledge of the self.

3. In Book Six of "Paradise Lost, " Adam is told of what major event?

Correct Answer: B) The fall of the Rebel Angels.

4. In Book One of "Paradise Lost, " the narrator identifies the fallen angels or devils by what names?

Correct Answer: B) The names of pagan gods.

5. In "Paradise Lost, " Milton calls his Muse by which of the following names?

Correct Answer: B) Urania.

6. What character leads Adam and Eve from the Gates of Paradise in the final book of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" ?

Correct Answer: D) Michael.

7. Denied the right to apply for divorce and facing intense humiliation, John Milton wrote what work?

Correct Answer: C) "The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce".

8. The ode form derives from a long tradition of what type of poetry?

Correct Answer: A) Lyric.

9. Milton in "Samson Agonistes" uses a Chorus, which he borrows from what previous genre?

Correct Answer: C) Greek Drama.

10. The English Civil War was waged between what two political groups?

Correct Answer: B) Royalists and Parliamentarians.

11. John Milton was inspired by the previous works of what authors?

Correct Answer: A) Homer, Virgil, and Dante.

12. What poets before Milton were famous for writing epics?

Correct Answer: B) Homer, Virgil, and Spenser.

13. .....dominated English literature from the Restoration until the end of the 18th century with the emergence of Romanticism.

Correct Answer: D) Neoclassicism.

14. In Book Four of "Paradise Regained, " for his final temptation Satan takes Jesus to what location?

Correct Answer: B) The Pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem.

15. Roughly speaking, how long was the English Civil War?

Correct Answer: A) One decade.

16. John Milton's "Paradise Regained" is most similar in linguistic style to what books from "Paradise Lost" ?

Correct Answer: D) Eleven and Twelve.

17. John Milton's "Paradise Regained" is written in a(n) ..... style.

Correct Answer: A) Plain.

18. Which of the following events occur(s) at some point in John Milton's "Paradise Lost" ?

Correct Answer: C) Eve contemplates her reflection in a pool of water.

19. Choose the BEST answer to fill in the blank. John Milton is best described as a strong ..... who emphasized the freedom of the individual.

Correct Answer: C) Protestant.

20. According to John Milton, political offices were to be filled by .....

Correct Answer: C) Popular election.