“Milton, thou should’st be living at this hour. England hath need of thee.” Indeed. But who was it, summoning his ghost ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Who wrote this famous line: ’Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day/ Thou art more lovely and more temperate’ ?

   A. TS Eliot
   B. Lord Tennyson
   C. Charlotte Bronte
   D. Shakespeare

2. “Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale.” Who speaks the lines given above in Twelfth Night ?

   A. Duke Orsino
   B. Malvolio
   C. Sir Andrew Aguecheek
   D. Sir Toby Belch

3. “Blow, blow thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind.”-Example of ?

   A. Simile
   B. Conceit
   C. Metaphor
   D. Couplet

4. “Can this be so!” cried goodman Brown, with a stare of amazement at his undisturbed companion. Howbeit, I have nothing to do with the governor and council – they have their own ways, and are no rule for a simple husbandman, like me. But, were I to go on with thee, how should I meet the eye of that good old man, our minister, at Salem village? Oh, his voice would make me tremble, both Sabbathday and lecture-day!” The word “husbandman” usually means farmer, but in this context it means something else – what ?

   A. Rancher
   B. Male partner in a marriage
   C. Cowboy
   D. Man of ordinary status

5. Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton’s at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem ?

   A. lycidas
   B. Paradise Lost
   C. II penseroso
   D. none of the above

6. Neo-Slave narratives are contemporary novels written about slavery. Toni Morrison’s Beloved is about the ghost of a baby the character Sethe murdered to keep her from being recaptured by their master. The opening chapter of the novel represents the neo-slave narrative by its________________?

   A. Discussion of race relations in the North and South.
   B. Condemnation of the plantation myth.
   C. Examination of the psychological damage of slavery.
   D. Insistence on desegregation.

7. Where was John Milton born? Where was John Milton born ?

   A. London
   B. Bristol
   C. Wales
   D. Yorkshire

8. In , a good example of Milton’s sharp rhetorical prose, Milton denounces restrictive censorship, arguing for freedom of the press ?

   A. “Paradise Lost”
   B. “Samson Agonistes”
   C. “Areopagitica”
   D. “Paradise Regained”

9. A critic examining John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses on the physical description of the Garden of Eden, on the symbols of hands, seed, and flower, and on the characters of Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. He pays special attention to the epic similes and metaphors and the point of view from which the tale is being told. He looks for meaning in the text itself, and does not refer to any biography of Milton. He is most likely a critic ?

   A. Reader Response
   B. Feminist
   C. Mimetic
   D. Formalist

10. Who says, “Good night, sweet prince,/And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” ?

    A. Fortinbras
    B. Marcellus
    C. Chorus
    D. Horatio