A. England’s first poet
B. England’s first dramatist
C. England’s poet laureate
D. England’s greatest civil engineer
Related Mcqs:
- Where was John Milton born? Where was John Milton born ?
A. London
B. Bristol
C. Wales
D. Yorkshire - 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 - 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 - Whom did John Milton marry at the age of 34 ?
A. Agnes
B. Ann Powell
C. Lynda
D. Mary Powell - 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” - John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is written in a(n) style ?
A. plain
B. luminescent
C. Latinate
D. Sophistic - Which of the following statements is/are TRUE concerning John Milton’s ideal republic ?
A. There was to be no king, bishops, or House of Lords.
B. There were to be no churches except Anglican churches.
C. There was to be no Oxford University.
D. A and C - 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 - John Milton was inspired by the previous works of what authors ?
A. Homer, Virgil, and Dante
B. Dante, Spenser, and Pope
C. Homer, Dryden, and Longfellow
D. Virgil, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen - John Milton was born in 1608 in what city ?
A. Bath
B. Paris
C. London
D. Nottingham
