This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > Paradise Lost > Paradise Lost – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Paradise Lost Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the name of John Milton's most famous work? A) Holy Sonnets. B) A Valediction Forbidding Mourning. C) Paradise Lost. D) Leaves of Grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradise Lost. 2. True or False:Not only does Paradise Lost depict the fall of man, but it also depicts Satan's fall. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. In "Paradise Lost", Milton uses the phrase "angry Victor" in reference to ..... A) God. B) Satan. C) Beelzebub. D) Adam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) God. 4. If the guilty parties don't come forward, they could face arrest, felony charges, and the public ..... of having their mug shots posted online. A) Guile. B) Transgression. C) Transcendence. D) Ignominy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ignominy. 5. Milton believed the fall of Man was necessary because ..... A) God intended to be mean to Adam and Eve. B) One must fall in order to rise. C) Satan disobeyed God. D) It was inevitable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One must fall in order to rise. 6. Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement A) Confounded. B) Ethereal. C) Aspiring. D) Guile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aspiring. 7. What type of narration is used in 'Paradise Lost'? A) First Person. B) Third Person Limited. C) Third Person Omniscient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third Person Omniscient. 8. Milton's portrayal of the "Heaven on Earth" in lines 205-210 is meant to convey which of the following? A) An idealized version of reality that cannot be sustained. B) The literal existence of heaven within the earthly realm. C) A paradise lost to mankind due to original sin. D) A realistic goal for humanity to strive to recreate on Earth. E) A metaphor for the potential of human ingenuity and artifice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A paradise lost to mankind due to original sin. 9. It has been almost commonplace to see prominent figures fall foul of the law or business leaders ..... the code of ethics. A) Transcend. B) Transgress. C) Illuminated. D) Pleading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transgress. 10. What is a Cherub? A) Child looking angel. B) A bird. C) Humanoid being such as Adam and Eve. D) A type of Bush. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Child looking angel. 11. How did Milton create Paradise Lost? A) Wrote it. B) Dreamt it. C) Spoke it. D) Drew it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spoke it. 12. Which is NOT one of the reasons why Milton wrote Paradise Lost? A) To undermine the monarchy. B) To justify the ways of God to men. C) To show God's mercy. D) To show the gospel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To undermine the monarchy. 13. True or False:John Milton was highly educated. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Who led Parliament, made England a republic, and beheaded Charles I? A) John Milton. B) Gordon Teskey. C) Oliver Cromwell. D) Charles II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oliver Cromwell. 15. Milton lived and wrote during a politically turbulent time in English history. During his life, the English Civil Wars resulted in the execution of the king and the installation of ..... as the leader of a republican government. A) William the Conqueror. B) Thomas More. C) Beowulf. D) Oliver Cromwell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oliver Cromwell. 16. Rationalism asserts that emotions and beliefs, rather than reason, are the only sources of knowledge. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. The place or state in which one suffers eternal punishment A) Transcendent. B) Transgress. C) Perdition. D) Vain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perdition. 18. Paradise Lost tells the story of ..... A) The fall of mankind. B) The sacrifice of Abraham. C) The exodus from slavery in Egypt. D) The nativity of the Lord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fall of mankind. 19. In context, the "umbrageous Grots and Caves" (lines 255-260) suggest that the Garden of Eden is A) A place of mystery and hidden dangers. B) A sanctuary that caters to the needs of all creatures. C) An environment that has been meticulously crafted. D) A reflection of the chaotic nature of the world. E) An area untouched and unaltered by divine intervention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sanctuary that caters to the needs of all creatures. 20. John Milton was a ..... writer during the English Renaissance. A) Puritan. B) Catholic. C) Protestant. D) Commonwealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Puritan. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClassics QuizzesParadise Lost Quiz 1Paradise Lost Quiz 2Paradise Lost Quiz 3Paradise Lost Quiz 4Paradise Lost Quiz 6Paradise Lost Quiz 7Paradise Lost Quiz 8Paradise Lost Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books