After Milton went blind, he was able to compose poetry by using ______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Who did Milton have to write his works down when he became Blind ?

   A. his friends
   B. his friends
   C. his daughters
   D. his sons

2. 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”

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning John Milton’s poetry ?

   A. He followed the Shakespearean rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form.
   B. He followed the Petrarchan rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form.
   C. He followed the Spenserian rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form.
   D. He followed the Spenserian rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form.

4. Where was John Milton born? Where was John Milton born ?

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

5. Which poet would be most likely to compose a poem and illustrations to accompany it ?

   A. Lord Byron
   B. Percy Shelley
   C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   D. William Blake

6. Which poet would have been most likely to compose a poem examining his own childhood ?

   A. Percy Shelley
   B. John Keats
   C. William Wordsworth
   D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

7. Which poet would be most likely to compose a poem using the language of common, ordinary people ?

   A. William Wordsworth
   B. Lord Byron
   C. Percy Shelley
   D. John Keats

8. A neoclassical poet would be most likely to compose a poem celebrating which of the following ideals ?

   A. Passionate love
   B. Emotional restraint
   C. Revolution against tyranny
   D. Communion with the natural world

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. 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