This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Paradise Lost John Milton – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Paradise Lost John Milton Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which angel wields a large sword in the battle and wounds Satan? A) Satan is not injured. B) Michael. C) Abdiel. D) Uriel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Michael. 2. Throughout the poem, Satan transforms himself into many creatures. Which creature does Satan not turn into? A) A toad. B) A serpent. C) A cherub. D) A mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A mouse. 3. What does Eve do when she first becomes conscious? A) Talk to the animals. B) Look at her reflection in a stream. C) Eat of the Tree of Knowledge. D) Go in search of her mate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Look at her reflection in a stream. 4. Which angel does Satan trick by disguising himself as a cherub? A) Michael. B) Abdiel. C) Uriel. D) Raphael. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uriel. 5. Which angel tells Adam about the future in Books XI and XII? A) Raphael. B) Uriel. C) Michael. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michael. 6. Earth is described as being connected to heaven by a: A) Ladder. B) "stepping stones of clouds. C) Golden chain. D) Golden rope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Golden chain. 7. Which of the following is not a character in Paradise Lost? A) Agony. B) Discord. C) Night. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agony. 8. Everyday before the Fall Adam and Eve went out to work. What did their work consist of? A) Hunting and gathering food. B) Tending to the Garden of Eden. C) Building shelter to live in. D) Naming all God's creatures and plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tending to the Garden of Eden. 9. In how many books is Paradise Lost divided? A) Fourteen. B) Nine. C) Twelve. D) Eighteen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Twelve. 10. In what book does the fall take place? A) Book VIII. B) Book VII. C) Book X. D) Book IX. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Book IX. 11. The main reason for Adam's fall might best be described as: A) Lust. B) Pride. C) Love for Eve. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love for Eve. 12. When was the first edition of the poem Paradise Lost published? A) 1673. B) 1667. C) 1656. D) 1676. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1667. 13. "Paradise Lost" is considered a: A) Epic Poem. B) Short Story. C) Novel. D) First Person Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic Poem. 14. The reason for Satan's fall might best be described as: A) Incest. B) Greed. C) Lust. D) Pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pride. 15. In which style did John Milton write the poem Paradise Lost? A) Free verse. B) Regular meter. C) Vers libre. D) Blank verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blank verse. 16. The two archangels who serve as generals in God's army are: A) Michael and Gabriel. B) Michael and Raphael. C) Raphael and Gabriel. D) Michael and Lucifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Michael and Gabriel. 17. Who will fall through his own "fault" ? A) God. B) Satan. C) Noah. D) Adam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adam. 18. Who discusses cosmology and the battle of Heaven with Adam? A) Raphael. B) Michael. C) God. D) Eve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raphael. 19. Who was sent to Earth to warn Man of the dangers he was facing? A) Raphael. B) Beelzebub. C) Uriel. D) Abdiel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raphael. 20. Who pondered, "How such united force of gods, how such As stood like these, could ever know repulse? " ? A) Adam. B) Satan. C) Joseph. D) Moses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satan. 21. Adam, Satan, and Eve herself are all dazzled by Eve's: A) Wit. B) Beauty. C) Intelligence. D) Hard work and spirituality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beauty. 22. What is the name of the sequel to Paradise Lost? A) Paradise Regained. B) Paradise Lost Again. C) Paradise Found. D) Paradise Lost Twice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradise Regained. 23. What are the best words to describe the Garden of Eden, the weather, and nature in general, before the Fall of Adam and Eve? A) Ordered and rational. B) Chaotic. C) Wild and unmanageable. D) Comfortable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ordered and rational. 24. Which is the longest book? A) Book IX. B) Book VIII. C) Book I. D) Book X. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Book IX. 25. In which book of the Bible does the story of Adam and Eve occur? A) Leviticus. B) Deuteronomy. C) Exodus. D) Genesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genesis. 26. On the second day of battle in heaven, what does Satan use that surprises God's forces? A) The Holy Sepulcher. B) Artillery. C) Illusions. D) Catapults. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Artillery. 27. Who is the main protagonist of Paradise Lost? A) Satan. B) Adam. C) Eve. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satan. 28. Who was the companion of Adam in paradise? A) Eve. B) Satan. C) God. D) Rapheal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eve. 29. Who is described? "For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow" A) Moses. B) Satan. C) Belial. D) Lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Belial. 30. The reason for Eve's fall might best be described as: A) Pride. B) Vanity. C) Lust. D) Greed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vanity. 31. In an attempt to defeat God and his angels, what do the rebel angels make? A) A catapult. B) A large sword. C) A cannon. D) A fortress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A cannon. 32. Who might be considered the friendliest and most sociable of all God's angels? A) Adam. B) Michael. C) Raphael. D) Lucifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raphael. 33. When Michael tells Adam what will become of mankind after the Fall, he is actually narrating stories taken directly from: A) The Hebrew Bible. B) The New Testament. C) The Koran. D) Homer's epic poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Hebrew Bible. 34. Satan's name before he fell from heaven was: A) Belial. B) Michael. C) Beezlebub. D) Lucifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lucifer. 35. Which one is the longest book in Milton's Paradise Lost? A) Book IIV. B) Book IX. C) Book X. D) Book XI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Book IX. 36. Which of the following is not found in Hell? A) Minerals. B) Oil. C) Gems. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oil. 37. In the phrase, "thy seed shall bruise our foe, " the "seed" refers to: A) The Tree of Knowledge. B) Adam. C) Cane and Abel. D) Jesus Christ. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jesus Christ. 38. Which statement about the Earth is asserted as true in Paradise Lost? A) The Earth is a lotus flower. B) Earth hangs from Heaven by a chain. C) The Earth revolves around the sun. D) It was created before God the Son. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth hangs from Heaven by a chain. 39. At what point does the narration unfolds in the poem Paradise Lost? A) In Eden. B) After the fall of man. C) After the defeat of rebel angels. D) In paradise, when Lucifer sits with God. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the defeat of rebel angels. 40. Which of the following poets does Milton emulate? A) Virgil. B) Homer. C) Both Virgil and Homer. D) Neither Virgil or Homer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both Virgil and Homer. 41. What is Milton's stated purpose in Paradise Lost? A) To assert his superiority to other poets. B) To argue against the doctrine of predestination. C) To justify the ways of God to men. D) To make his story hard to understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To justify the ways of God to men. 42. How many narrative arcs does Paradise Lost have? A) 4. B) 2. C) 1. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 43. In the phrase, "thy seed shall bruise our foe, " "thy" refers to: A) Eden. B) Eve. C) Sin. D) Satan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eve. 44. Who "headlong themselves they threw Down from the verge of Heav'n" ? A) Adam and Eve. B) Noah and the elephant. C) Rebel angels. D) Benjamin and Joseph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rebel angels. 45. Eve before the Fall might best be described as: A) A docile, vain creature. B) Detailed oriented. C) A feminist. D) Uncomfortable with Adam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A docile, vain creature. 46. When was Paradise Regained published? A) 1671. B) 1669. C) 1652. D) 1656. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1671. 47. Which devil advocates a renewal of all-out war against God? A) Mammon. B) Beelzebub. C) Belial. D) Moloch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moloch. 48. Who was the first to eat the forbidden fruit? A) Eve. B) Snake. C) Adam. D) Satan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eve. 49. The Archangel Michael might best be described as: A) Jealous and envious. B) Bombastic. C) Firm and militant. D) Kind and caring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Firm and militant. 50. After they have both eaten from the Tree of Knowledge, the first thing Adam and Eve do is: A) Ask forgiveness from God. B) Put some clothes on. C) Satisfy their sexual desire for each other. D) Blame each other for their Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satisfy their sexual desire for each other. 51. How many times does Milton invoke a muse? A) Two. B) Four. C) One. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three. 52. Who is "till wand'ring o'er the earth" ? A) Eve. B) Satan. C) Adam. D) Satan's associates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satan's associates. 53. When Satan leaps over the fence into Paradise, what does Milton liken him to? A) A snake slithering up a tree. B) A fish leaping out of water. C) A wolf leaping into a sheep's pen. D) A germ infecting a body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A wolf leaping into a sheep's pen. 54. Sin was born out of Satan's: A) Anger. B) Lust. C) Head. D) Rib. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Head. 55. The battle between God's army and Satan's rebels in heaven lasted: A) One hour. B) One day. C) Seven days. D) Three days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three days. 56. Which of the angels is considered a hero for arguing against Satan? A) Raphael. B) Michael. C) Uriel. D) Abdiel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abdiel. 57. Inspired by Satan's victory over man, Sin and Death construct: A) A temple to welcome Satan back. B) A bridge from hell to earth. C) A bridge from hell to heaven. D) A funnel from Eden to the gates of hell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bridge from hell to earth. 58. For inspiration in writing the poem, Milton says he depends on: A) His favorite pen. B) Wine. C) The Holy Spirit. D) The Son. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Holy Spirit. 59. According to Paradise Lost, which of the following does God not create? A) The Son. B) Adam and Eve. C) Computers. D) He creates everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He creates everything. 60. What is the stated subject of Paradise Lost? A) The fight between good and evil. B) Heaven's battle and Satan's tragic fall. C) The creation of the universe. D) Adam and Eve's disobedience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adam and Eve's disobedience. Next →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesParadise Lost John Milton Quiz 2Beowulf QuizChaucer'S Canterbury Tales QuizMilton'S Paradise Lost Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books