When was John Milton born ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Where was John Milton born? Where was John Milton born ?

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

2. 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

3. When was John Milton born ?

   A. 12 June 1628
   B. 2 May 1614
   C. 17 August 1612
   D. 9 December 1608

4. John Milton was born in 1608 in what city ?

   A. Bath
   B. Paris
   C. London
   D. Nottingham

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. When did John Milton die ?

   A. 4 February 1702
   B. 2 June 1700
   C. 17 April 1688
   D. 8 November 1674

7. John Milton was 34 when he married Mary Powell. How old was she ?

   A. 48
   B. 34
   C. 22
   D. 17

8. Which of the following works was NOT written by John Milton ?

   A. ’L’Allegro’
   B. ’Lycidas’
   C. ’Il Penseroso’
   D. ’Absolom and Achitophel’

9. 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”

10. A number of the British Romantic poets argue what character to be the protagonist (or “hero”) of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?

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