This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > Paradise Lost > Paradise Lost – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Paradise Lost Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the tree that the Serpent mentioned to Eve? A) Tree of wisdom. B) Tree of Knowledge. C) Tree of Innocence. D) Tree of Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tree of Knowledge. 2. The Puritans, our American ancestors, were known for what? A) Their lack of interest in politics. B) Their use of the Bible in all aspects of their lives, including school. C) Their anti-war (dove) stance on the wars. D) Their lack of morals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their use of the Bible in all aspects of their lives, including school. 3. Who gives this warning: "But list'n not to his Temptations, warne Thy weaker; let it profit thee to have heard By terrible Example the reward Of disobedience; firm they might have stood, Yet fell; remember, and fear to transgress." A) Gabriel. B) Raphael. C) Michael. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raphael. 4. According to Brazil's government, in 2004 deforestation in the Amazon destroyed an area slightly larger than the state of Texas. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Why did the author choose to title the reading passage with a question? A) So the reader will know the reading passage will answer the question. B) To show that he knew nothing about deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So the reader will know the reading passage will answer the question. 6. What is NOT a theme in Paradise Lost? A) Free will and predestination. B) Tyranny and Freedom. C) Sin and Innocence. D) Disobedience and Revolt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tyranny and Freedom. 7. In lines 190-195 ( "So saying ..... from his seat" ), the narrator suggests that: A) The battle was evenly matched and no clear victor emerged. B) Satan's forces were easily defeated without significant resistance. C) Abdiel's action was unexpected and turned the tide of the battle. D) The angels were hesitant to engage in the conflict. E) Satan's pride was justified by his invulnerability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abdiel's action was unexpected and turned the tide of the battle. 8. Paradise Lost was written first in Latin, then translated to Early Modern English. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. John Milton, in his 40s, lost his ..... A) Sister. B) Wife. C) Children. D) Eyesight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eyesight. 10. What is NOT a result of Cromwell's rise to power? A) Strict Puritan laws. B) Economy improves. C) England becomes a Republic. D) Milton is jailed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Milton is jailed. 11. Having unlimited power A) Impious. B) Justify. C) Mortal. D) Omnipotent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Omnipotent. 12. (adj) imploring; begging in earnest A) Transcendent. B) Pleading. C) Obdurate. D) Illumined. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pleading. 13. What was John Milton's religion? A) Catholic. B) Protestant. C) Anglican. D) Puritan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protestant. 14. What did Milton think was the most crucial part of life? (Politically) A) Personal Freedom. B) Representation. C) Personal Law. D) Divine Representation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal Freedom. 15. Instead of writing "war is ..... ", Milton chose to do what? A) Read and write about Scripture. B) Use the Bible and its stories to reflect his thoughts about the war. C) Just write about angels and their goodness. D) He was uninterested and afraid of the war. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use the Bible and its stories to reflect his thoughts about the war. 16. I think it saddened him to see people so ..... and unwilling to change their positions rather than willing to consider issues on their merits. A) Guile-filled. B) Tempestuous. C) Transcendent. D) Obdurate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Obdurate. 17. Milton's important work that argued for freedom of the press is called A) Lycidas. B) Paradise Regained. C) Press Unrestrained. D) Areopagitica. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Areopagitica. 18. For a time, and on behalf of Parliament, Milton wrote ..... in defense of religious and civil freedoms. A) Speeches. B) Sermons. C) Poems. D) Pamphlets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pamphlets. 19. In lines 200-210 ( "Amazement seiz'd ..... madding Wheels" ), the narrator's description of the battle primarily conveys: A) A sense of futility in the violence. B) Awe at the scale and ferocity of the conflict. C) A clinical detachment from the events described. D) Admiration for the strategic prowess of both sides. E) A desire for peace and reconciliation between the parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Awe at the scale and ferocity of the conflict. 20. The inclusion of mythical references such as "Hesperian Fables" (line 250) in the description of the garden's setting primarily serves to A) Highlight the mythical origins of the story of Eden. B) Emphasize the idyllic and almost unreal beauty of the setting. C) Suggest a link between pagan mythology and Christian narrative. D) Undermine the authenticity of the paradise presented. E) Foreshadow the impending doom of the paradisiacal setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emphasize the idyllic and almost unreal beauty of the setting. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClassics QuizzesParadise Lost Quiz 1Paradise Lost Quiz 2Paradise Lost Quiz 3Paradise Lost Quiz 5Paradise Lost Quiz 6Paradise Lost Quiz 7Paradise Lost Quiz 8Paradise Lost Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books