A. He was imprisoned.
B. His left index finger was chopped off.
C. He was placed in the stocks for a week.
D. A and B
Related Mcqs:
- 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” - Where was John Milton born? Where was John Milton born ?
A. London
B. Bristol
C. Wales
D. Yorkshire - 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 - 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 - In The Purgatorio, what is the function of the residents’ punishments ?
A. The punishments prevent hope from being reborn in sinners.
B. The punishments keep the sinners from entering the path to salvation.
C. The punishments allow the sinners to purge their sins.
D. The punishments remind the sinners that they are damned to hell. - Restored to the throne in 1660, Charles II ruled_______________?
A. with an absolute prerogative his father would have envied.
B. through a system of draconian military courts.
C. with deference to Parliament’s legislative supremacy.
D. only a small area around London and Oxford. - Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700 ?
A. Addison
B. Bunyan
C. Crabbe
D. Dryden - What was \restored\in 1660 ?
A. the monarchy, in the person of Charles II
B. the dominance of the Tory Party
C. the \Book of Common Prayer\
D. toleration of religious dissidents - What was “restored” in 1660 ?
A. the monarchy, in the person of Charles II
B. the dominance of the Tory Party
C. the “Book of Common Prayer”
D. toleration of religious dissidents - Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 and 1700 ?
A. Addison
B. Bunyan
C. Crabbe
D. Dryden
