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 ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Epic similes are found in which work of John Milton ?

   A. Paradise Lost
   B. Sonnets
   C. Lycidas
   D. Areopagitica

2. A critic examining Pope’s “An Essay on Man” asks herself: How well does this poem accord with the real world? Is it accurate? Is it moral? She is most likely a critic?

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

3. What is the title to Milton’s blank-verse epic that assimilates and critiques the epic tradition ?

   A. L’Allegro
   B. Lycidas
   C. Paradise Lost
   D. The Divine Comedy

4. A critic argues that in John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes,” the shearing of Samson’s locks is symbolic of his castration at the hands of Delilah. What kind of critical approach is this critic using ?

   A. Mimetic approach
   B. Formalist approach
   C. Historical approach
   D. Psychological approach

5. Throughout the poem, Satan transforms himself into many creatures. Which creature does Satan not turn into ?

   A. a mouse
   B. a cherub
   C. a toad
   D. a serpent

6. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the “bestial” side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the “bestial” side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the “grownup” world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?

   A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.
   B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
   C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

7. Ezra Pound’s “Cantos” may be called a modernist epic, though its form ultimately defies classification. Pound’s poem alludes to which of the following epic poems ?

   A. The Mahabharata
   B. Paradise Lost
   C. The Odyssey
   D. The Aeneid

8. On the second day of battle in heaven, what does Satan use that surprises God’s forces ?

   A. Catapults
   B. Artillery
   C. Illusions
   D. The Holy Sepulcher

9. ’Book 1’ of ’Paradise Lost’ presents Satan with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and speaks to them. The first he addresses is described as ’one next to himself in power, and next in crime, long after known in Palestine’. What’s the name of this fallen angel?

   A. Mammon
   B. Moloch
   C. Beelzebub
   D. Ashtaroth

10. When Satan leaps over the fence into Paradise, what does Milton liken him to ?

    A. A snake slithering up a tree
    B. A germ infecting a body
    C. A wolf leaping into a sheep’s pen
    D. A fish leaping out of water