Which qualities do the fixed stars in paradise represent ?

Related Mcqs:

1. In ’Paradise Lost’, which angel is ordered by God to drive Adam and Eve out of Paradise? Before he does so, he shows Adam a number of visions about the future of the human race, beginning with Cain murdering Abel and ending with the redemption of mankind through Christ. Who is this angel that has a large role in the finishing chapters of ’Paradise Lost’ ?

   A. Michael
   B. Abdiel
   C. Rafael
   D. Gabriel

2. In “Paradise regained” who regained the paradise ?

   A. Satan
   B. Jesus
   C. Adam and Eve
   D. Only Adam

3. John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is most similar in linguistic style to what books from “Paradise Lost” ?

   A. Three and Four
   B. Five and Six
   C. Eight and Nine
   D. Eleven and Twelve

4. What character leads Adam and Eve from the Gates of Paradise in the final book of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?

   A. Michelangelo
   B. Raphael
   C. Uriel
   D. Michael

5. Even in John Milton’s lifetime, “Paradise Regained” was considered in literary quality as largely to “Paradise Lost.” ?

   A. superior
   B. inferior
   C. equal
   D. irrelevant in comparison

6. ‘Paradise Lost’ and ‘Paradise Regained’ are written by________________?

   A. P.B. Shelley
   B. John Keats
   C. John Milton
   D. William Blake

7. Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus’ character at the beginning of the play ?

   A. kind
   B. stupid
   C. sensitive
   D. arrogant

8. Yes, when the stars glisten’d, All night long on the prong of a moss-scallop’d stake, Down almost amid the slapping waves, Sat the lone singer wonderful causing tears. What is a prong ?

   A. An edgy platform
   B. Other side
   C. A pointed, projected part of something
   D. An adumbration

9. It was the very witching time of night that he, heavyhearted and crestfallen, pursued his travel homeward. Far below, the Tappan Zee spread its dusky waters. In the dead hush of midnight he could hear the faint barking of a watchdog from the opposite shore. The night grew darker and darker; the stars seemed to sink deeper in the sky, and driving clouds occasionally hid them from his sight. This passage is from________________?

   A. A fairy tale
   B. An autobiography
   C. A detective story
   D. A Gothic tale

10. Complete the following sentence. Poetic images which idealize war and ascribe spiritual qualities to battle can be found primarily in English poems written_______________?

    A. around 1900.
    B. in the early stages of World War I.
    C. in the late stages of World War I.
    D. in the 1920s.