According to John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” what is Satan’s tragic flaw ?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. In the early books of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” Satan conspires with which of the following characters ?

   A. Baal
   B. Beelzebub
   C. Michel
   D. A and B

3. In John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” Satan assumes the character and form of what creature in order to tempt Eve to eat at the Tree of Knowledge ?

   A. A toad
   B. A serpent
   C. A lion
   D. A tiger

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. ’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

9. In Paradise Lost, Book I, Satan is the embodiment of Milton’s ?

   A. Sense of injured merit
   B. Hatred of tyranny
   C. Spirit of revolt
   D. All these

10. According to many British Romantic poets, who is the protagonist of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?

    A. Satan
    B. Adam
    C. Eve
    D. Christ