This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > Paradise Lost > Paradise Lost – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Paradise Lost Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who wrote Paradise Lost? A) Gordon Teskey. B) John Milton. C) Richard Armitage. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Milton. 2. True or False:Until the age of 32, Milton devoted himself to writing and studying, earning no income. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. If a conservative, super religious man writes about Satan what does this mean? A) He is questioning his faith. B) You should question his sanity. C) He is demonstrating that faith allows for questioning. D) He is demonstrating that he is really a big hypocrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is demonstrating that faith allows for questioning. 4. "Paradise Lost" was written in the year ..... A) 1660. B) 1663. C) 1665. D) 1667. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1667. 5. I looked outside and saw a gray and gloomy scene, it was ..... A) Immortal. B) Desolate. C) Disobedience. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desolate. 6. The knight approached the Queen, bowing on ..... knee, to receive forgiveness. A) Ignominious. B) Pleading. C) Tempestuous. D) Obdurate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pleading. 7. Whose ideals and traditions did Milton express in his epic poem? A) Anglican English. B) Catholic English. C) Protestant English. D) Puritan English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protestant English. 8. Quakers and Puritans are A) Not similar at all. B) Both very permissive religions. C) Both very strict religions. D) In no way connected to government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both very strict religions. 9. Milton's poem was seen as ..... A) An extraordinary achievement. B) A long-winded Christian diatribe. C) A way to gain back favour with the Monarchy. D) The apology of a dying man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An extraordinary achievement. 10. I have a difficult time misleading people, so I would be useless in an industry in which the key to success lies in the cunning use of ..... A) Transcendence. B) Ignominy. C) Tempests. D) Guile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guile. 11. The New England Primer was A) A kid's version of the Bible. B) Combined common sense and the Bible. C) America's version of an English textbook. D) Used to teach students to read using the Bible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Used to teach students to read using the Bible. 12. In what way does Milton create in Satan a character of epic proportions? A) He wins in the end. B) He cares for others. C) He is not the focus of the story. D) He is a character with special powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is a character with special powers. 13. Which devil is Satan's second-in-command? A) Mammon. B) Sin. C) Moloch. D) Beelzebub. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beelzebub. 14. Satan's ..... had him cast out from Heaven. A) Image. B) Pride. C) Love. D) Hatred. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pride. 15. Milton was fairly successful, but then his life took a turn for the worse by A) Losing several bets and lots of money. B) Being arrested as a traitor and losing his eyesight. C) Being arrested for spying. D) Losing his wife and family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being arrested as a traitor and losing his eyesight. 16. Which of the following is true? A) Jimmy owned his own home. B) Jimmy owned a car & a house. C) Jimmy had a good job, a car & a house. D) Jimmy had a horrible job. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jimmy had a good job, a car & a house. 17. John Milton beheaded Charles I. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. Which of these is NOT a theme in Paradise Lost? A) The story of humanity is both good and hard God redeems what we have lost. B) We have free will, thus we cannot blame the consequences of our actions on fate or God. C) Too much knowledge is never a bad thing. D) Pride goes before a fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Too much knowledge is never a bad thing. 19. The tone established through the diction and syntax in lines 60-65 ( "So spake ..... advent'rous deeds" ) primarily serves to: A) Convey a sense of impending doom. B) Elicit a feeling of divine inspiration and heroic readiness. C) Describe the chaotic nature of the battle. D) Invoke a sense of peacefulness before the conflict. E) Create an atmosphere of doubt and trepidation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elicit a feeling of divine inspiration and heroic readiness. 20. Subject to death A) Impious. B) Justify. C) Mortal. D) Omnipotent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mortal. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClassics QuizzesParadise Lost Quiz 1Paradise Lost Quiz 2Paradise Lost Quiz 4Paradise Lost Quiz 5Paradise Lost Quiz 6Paradise Lost Quiz 7Paradise Lost Quiz 8Paradise Lost Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books