The Poetry Of John Milton MCQs

Option A: Medievalism

Option B: Modernism

Option C: Victorianism

Option D: Neoclassicism

Correct Answer: Neoclassicism ✔

Option A: John the Apostle

Option B: John the Baptist

Option C: Michael the Archangel

Option D: Joseph, Jesus’s stepfather

Correct Answer: John the Baptist ✔

Option A: “Christian Doctrines”

Option B: “On Regicide”

Option C: “The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce”

Option D: “Paradise Lost”

Correct Answer: “The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce” ✔

Option A: Samuel Johnson

Option B: Edmund Spencer

Option C: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option D: T. S. Eliot

Correct Answer: Samuel Johnson ✔

Option A: one who is in agony.

Option B: one who inflicts agony.

Option C: one who struggles for or champions a cause.

Option D: one who predicts the future.

Correct Answer: one who struggles for or champions a cause. ✔

Option A: braille

Option B: dictation

Option C: a code of his own devising

Option D: an Abacus

Correct Answer: dictation ✔

Option A: Satan lays dazed on the burning lake.

Option B: Satan assembles his fallen legions.

Option C: Adam and Eve fall from the state of Paradise.

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: A and B ✔

Option A: Gunpowder

Option B: Adamantine armor

Option C: The Chariot of Paternal Deity

Option D: The Thunderbolt

Correct Answer: Gunpowder ✔

Option A: One

Option B: Two

Option C: Three

Option D: Four

Correct Answer: Three ✔

Option A: French

Option B: Greek

Option C: Roman

Option D: German

Correct Answer: Greek ✔

Option A: Dalila pays Samson’s ransom from prison.

Option B: Dalila refuses to pay Samson’s ransom in prison.

Option C: Never records Dalila’s visit to Samson in prison.

Option D: Never records Dalila’s cutting of Samson’s hair.

Correct Answer: Never records Dalila’s visit to Samson in prison. ✔

Option A: both statements end up happening that day.

Option B: both statements end up not happening that day.

Option C: Samson is echoing the older prediction of the prophet Enoch.

Option D: both statements will later be fulfilled by Christ.

Correct Answer: both statements end up happening that day. ✔

Option A: Spenserian

Option B: Shakespearean

Option C: Wordsworthian

Option D: Petrarchan

Correct Answer: Petrarchan ✔

Option A: history play

Option B: tragedy

Option C: comedy

Option D: Morality Play

Correct Answer: tragedy ✔

Option A: In “Samson,” Samson is blind, but he is not in “Judges.”

Option B: In “Samson,” Manoa is Samson’s father, but he is not in “Judges.”

Option C: In “Samson,” Samson is married to Dalila, but he is not in “Judges.”

Option D: In “Samson,” Dalila cuts Samson’s hair, but she does not in “Judges.”

Correct Answer: In “Samson,” Samson is married to Dalila, but he is not in “Judges.” ✔

Option A: Invocation of a muse

Option B: A cry of lament

Option C: Prayer to the Sun

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: A and B ✔

Option A: A quest for knowledge of the self

Option B: A quest for knowledge of other countries

Option C: A quest for knowledge of the future

Option D: A quest for Forbidden Knowledge

Correct Answer: A quest for knowledge of the self ✔

Option A: The Son

Option B: Raphael

Option C: Michael

Option D: Adam

Correct Answer: Michael ✔

Option A: Medieval Mystery Plays

Option B: Greek Epic

Option C: Greek Drama

Option D: French Chanson de Gestes

Correct Answer: Greek Drama ✔

Option A: Bath

Option B: Paris

Option C: London

Option D: Nottingham

Correct Answer: London ✔

Option A: Latin, Greek, and Hebrew

Option B: Latin, Sanskrit, and Aramaic

Option C: Latin, Arabic, and Spanish

Option D: Mandarin, Dutch, and French

Correct Answer: Latin, Greek, and Hebrew ✔

Option A: One decade

Option B: Two decades

Option C: Three decades

Option D: Four decades

Correct Answer: One decade ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: Percy Bysshe Shelley

Option C: William Blake

Option D: John Keats

Correct Answer: William Blake ✔

Option A: Pastoral elegy

Option B: Prose polemic

Option C: Blank verse tragedy

Option D: Masque

Correct Answer: Prose polemic ✔

Option A: There is an emphasis on the importance of preaching.

Option B: There is an emphasis on spiritual experience.

Option C: There is an emphasis on the freedom of sexual expression.

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: A and B ✔

Option A: Existentialism

Option B: Humanism

Option C: Stoicism

Option D: Postmodernism

Correct Answer: Humanism ✔

Option A: A brief summary of “Paradise Lost”

Option B: A detailed description of Satan

Option C: A detailed description of Milton himself

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: A brief summary of “Paradise Lost” ✔

Option A: the king

Option B: the House of Lords

Option C: popular election

Option D: God

Correct Answer: popular election ✔

Option A: Civil Engineer

Option B: Poet Laureate

Option C: Military Strategist

Option D: Intellectual Defender

Correct Answer: Poet Laureate ✔

Option A: visible, inaccessible

Option B: inaccessible, omnipresent

Option C: nonexistent, invisible

Option D: invisible, omnipresent

Correct Answer: invisible, omnipresent ✔

Option A: God/Yahweh

Option B: Judea

Option C: Lot

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: God/Yahweh ✔

Option A: England’s first poet

Option B: England’s first dramatist

Option C: England’s poet laureate

Option D: England’s greatest civil engineer

Correct Answer: England’s poet laureate ✔

Option A: Nature is immediately wounded by Eve’s transgression.

Option B: Satan is immediately wounded by Eve’s transgression.

Option C: Raphael is immediately wounded by Eve’s transgression.

Option D: Abdiel immediately flees the Council of Rebel Angels.

Correct Answer: Nature is immediately wounded by Eve’s transgression. ✔

Option A: The Book of “Genesis”

Option B: The Book of “Revelations”

Option C: “The Odyssey”

Option D: “Canterbury Tales”

Correct Answer: The Book of “Genesis” ✔

Option A: Pastoral elegy

Option B: Prose polemic

Option C: Blank verse tragedy

Option D: Masque

Correct Answer: Pastoral elegy ✔

Option A: Transubstantiation

Option B: Free will

Option C: Predestination

Option D: Sufficience

Correct Answer: Free will ✔

Option A: the prediction is never fulfilled.

Option B: the prophet Enoch had made the same prediction centuries earlier.

Option C: Samson doesn’t know he himself will fulfill the prediction.

Option D: the prediction is finally fulfilled much later when Jesus defeats Dagon

Correct Answer: Samson doesn’t know he himself will fulfill the prediction. ✔

Option A: get revenge on his enemies

Option B: re-instated as a Judge

Option C: retire

Option D: convert

Correct Answer: retire ✔

Option A: Greek Olympic Games

Option B: A Roman Circus

Option C: A Gladiator competition

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: A and B ✔

Option A: Pastoral elegy

Option B: Prose polemic

Option C: Blank verse tragedy

Option D: Masque

Correct Answer: Blank verse tragedy ✔

Option A: Homer, Virgil, and Dante

Option B: Dante, Spenser, and Pope

Option C: Homer, Dryden, and Longfellow

Option D: Virgil, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen

Correct Answer: Homer, Virgil, and Dante ✔

Option A: Virgil

Option B: Shakespeare

Option C: Chaucer

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: Virgil ✔

Option A: superior

Option B: inferior

Option C: equal

Option D: irrelevant in comparison

Correct Answer: inferior ✔

Option A: The Baptism of Jesus

Option B: The story of Luke

Option C: The Ascension of Jesus

Option D: The Second Coming of Jesus

Correct Answer: The Baptism of Jesus ✔

Option A: “Paradise Lost”

Option B: “Areopagitica”

Option C: “On Christian Doctrine”

Option D: “Samson Agonistes”

Correct Answer: “Samson Agonistes” ✔

Option A: to justify the ways of God to humankind.

Option B: to justify the ways of humankind to God.

Option C: to justify the ways of Heaven to Hell.

Option D: to justify the ways of Hell to Heaven.

Correct Answer: to justify the ways of God to humankind. ✔

Option A: Michelangelo

Option B: Raphael

Option C: Uriel

Option D: Michael

Correct Answer: Michael ✔

Option A: Judea

Option B: Egypt

Option C: Syria

Option D: Jerusalem

Correct Answer: Jerusalem ✔

Option A: Charles I

Option B: Charles II

Option C: Queen Anne

Option D: Henry VIII

Correct Answer: Charles I ✔

Option A: The top of the Pantheon in Rome

Option B: The Pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem

Option C: The top of a “Mountain high”

Option D: “Up to the middle Region of thick Air”

Correct Answer: The Pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem ✔

Option A: “Paradise Lost”

Option B: “Samson Agonistes”

Option C: “Areopagitica”

Option D: “Paradise Regained”

Correct Answer: “Areopagitica” ✔

Option A: He followed the Shakespearean rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form.

Option B: He followed the Petrarchan rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form.

Option C: He followed the Spenserian rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form.

Option D: He followed the Spenserian rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form.

Correct Answer: He followed the Petrarchan rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form. ✔

Option A: Michelangelo

Option B: Raphael

Option C: Pandosto

Option D: Baal

Correct Answer: Raphael ✔

Option A: Anglican

Option B: Methodist

Option C: Protestant

Option D: Buddhist

Correct Answer: Protestant ✔

Option A: Satan contemplates his reflection in a pool of water.

Option B: Adam contemplates his reflection in a pool of water.

Option C: Eve contemplates her reflection in a pool of water.

Option D: All of these

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

Option A: Eve

Option B: Adam

Option C: God

Option D: Satan

Correct Answer: Satan ✔

Option A: “What is the precise relationship between Satan, Sin, and Death?”

Option B: “How, exactly, was Eve tempted to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?”

Option C: “How, exactly, was Adam convinced to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?”

Option D: B and C

Correct Answer: B and C ✔

Option A: Romantic

Option B: Victorian

Option C: Cavalier

Option D: Enlightenment

Correct Answer: Cavalier ✔

Option A: Manoa.

Option B: Dalila.

Option C: the Chorus.

Option D: a Messenger.

Correct Answer: a Messenger. ✔

Option A: He was imprisoned.

Option B: His left index finger was chopped off.

Option C: He was placed in the stocks for a week.

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: He was imprisoned. ✔

Option A: Uriel

Option B: Urania

Option C: Calypso

Option D: Calliope

Correct Answer: Urania ✔

Option A: There was to be no king, bishops, or House of Lords.

Option B: There were to be no churches except Anglican churches.

Option C: There was to be no Oxford University.

Option D: A and C

Correct Answer: There was to be no king, bishops, or House of Lords. ✔

Option A: Anglicism

Option B: Puritanism

Option C: Buddhism

Option D: A and C

Correct Answer: Puritanism ✔

Option A: Raphael

Option B: Eve

Option C: Adam

Option D: The Son

Correct Answer: Eve ✔

Option A: he wants to get respect from the Philistine general standing beside him.

Option B: he wants Samson to break out of prison and kill some more Philistines.

Option C: he wants to encourage Samson.

Option D: he wants to seem more heroic than he really is.

Correct Answer: he wants to seem more heroic than he really is. ✔

Option A: Belial

Option B: Beelzebub

Option C: Venus

Option D: Satan

Correct Answer: Belial ✔

Option A: France

Option B: Germany

Option C: Spain

Option D: Italy

Correct Answer: Italy ✔

Option A: A debate is held in Hell by Satan and his compatriots concerning whether to attempt to recover Heaven.

Option B: Satan embarks on his passage across the great gulf of Chaos.

Option C: The Narrator invokes his muse by the name of “Holy Light.”

Option D: The demons begin exploring Hell, engaging in philosophical debates, and entering

Correct Answer: The Narrator invokes his muse by the name of “Holy Light.” ✔

Option A: Virgil, Shakespeare, and Spenser

Option B: Homer, Virgil, and Spenser

Option C: Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Spenser

Option D: Gilgamesh, Petrarch, and Dryden

Correct Answer: Homer, Virgil, and Spenser ✔

Option A: First Mary, then Joseph

Option B: First Andrew and Simon (Peter), then Mary

Option C: First Mary, then James and John

Option D: First Peter, then Paul and Mary

Correct Answer: First Peter, then Paul and Mary ✔

Option A: Charles I

Option B: Charles II

Option C: Henry VIII

Option D: Charles III

Correct Answer: Charles I ✔

Option A: Jesus

Option B: Samson

Option C: Satan

Option D: Adam

Correct Answer: Satan ✔

Option A: Sexual desire

Option B: Seeking God’s Will and Guidance

Option C: What it means to be the “Son of God”

Option D: Temptation

Correct Answer: Sexual desire ✔

Option A: Samson will not fight him.

Option B: He does not want to fight Samson.

Option C: He must hurry to catch up with Dalila.

Option D: He has been called back to his hometown of Gath.

Correct Answer: He does not want to fight Samson. ✔

Option A: plain

Option B: luminescent

Option C: Latinate

Option D: Sophistic

Correct Answer: plain ✔

Option A: The fall of the Son

Option B: The fall of the Rebel Angels

Option C: The fall of God

Option D: The death of Michael

Correct Answer: The fall of the Rebel Angels ✔

Option A: Pastoral elegy

Option B: Prose polemic

Option C: Blank verse tragedy

Option D: Epic

Correct Answer: Epic ✔

Option A: Heaven

Option B: Hell

Option C: Chaos

Option D: Sunshine

Correct Answer: Chaos ✔

Option A: In “Samson,” Harapha is Samson’s enemy, but he is not in “Judges.”

Option B: In “Samson,” Samson is a Jew, but he is not in “Judges.”

Option C: In “Samson,” Samson marries the Woman of Timnah, but not in “Judges.”

Option D: In “Samson,” Samson never worships Dagon, but he does in “Judges.”

Correct Answer: In “Samson,” Harapha is Samson’s enemy, but he is not in “Judges.” ✔

Option A: Three and Four

Option B: Five and Six

Option C: Eight and Nine

Option D: Eleven and Twelve

Correct Answer: Eleven and Twelve ✔

Option A: the Chorus has just stated it hates this kind of lavish, external beauty.

Option B: Samson hates this kind of lavish, external beauty.

Option C: Dalila usually dresses in a more understated Puritan manner.

Option D: Samson is blind.

Correct Answer: Samson is blind. ✔

Option A: Their surnames

Option B: The names of pagan gods

Option C: The names of foreign countries

Option D: The names of the angels they will become

Correct Answer: The names of pagan gods ✔

Option A: William Blake

Option B: Alfred Lord Tennyson

Option C: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Option D: T.S. Eliot

Correct Answer: William Blake ✔

Option A: Pastoral elegy

Option B: Prose polemic

Option C: Blank verse tragedy

Option D: Masque

Correct Answer: Masque ✔

Option A: it can be acted out on a very small stage.

Option B: it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage.

Option C: people will read it in secret and not publically admit they read it.

Option D: it was written to be acted in a church.

Correct Answer: it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage. ✔

Option A: Michelangelo

Option B: Charles II

Option C: Galileo

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: Galileo ✔

Option A: Charles I

Option B: Charles II

Option C: Queen Anne

Option D: Henry VIII

Correct Answer: Charles I ✔

Option A: iambic pentameter

Option B: tetrameter couplets

Option C: heroic couplets

Option D: Shakespearean sonnets

Correct Answer: tetrameter couplets ✔

Option A: Nine

Option B: Ten

Option C: Eleven

Option D: Twelve

Correct Answer: Ten ✔

Option A: Death is Satan’s father.

Option B: Death is Satan’s son.

Option C: Death is Satan’s brother.

Option D: Death is Satan’s daughter

Correct Answer: Death is Satan’s son. ✔

Option A: A toad

Option B: A serpent

Option C: A lion

Option D: A tiger

Correct Answer: A serpent ✔

Option A: Baal

Option B: Beelzebub

Option C: Michel

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: A and B ✔

Option A: Royalists and Monarchists

Option B: Royalists and Parliamentarians

Option C: Parliamentarians and Roundheads

Option D: Anarchists and Royalists

Correct Answer: Royalists and Parliamentarians ✔

Option A: He experiences some “rousing motions” which might be from God.

Option B: Manoa convinces him to do it or the Philistines will execute Samson.

Option C: The Chorus demands he stay in his prison cell and Samson reacts against them.

Option D: He wishes to see Dalila one last time in the crowd.

Correct Answer: He experiences some “rousing motions” which might be from God. ✔

Option A: Adam and Eve hold hands and walk across an arid plain.

Option B: Adam and Eve promise to be fruitful and multiply.

Option C: Adam and Eve curse their God.

Option D: Adam and Eve curse Satan.

Correct Answer: Adam and Eve hold hands and walk across an arid plain. ✔

Option A: An Epic Council

Option B: An “Arming of the Hero” Scene

Option C: A “Tragic Recognition” Speech

Option D: An Invocation to the Muse

Correct Answer: A “Tragic Recognition” Speech ✔