John Milton deliberately distanced himself from the poets, a group of poets known for their light, elegant style and frivolous content ?

Related Mcqs:

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

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

2. 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

3. 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

4. John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is written in a(n) style ?

   A. plain
   B. luminescent
   C. Latinate
   D. Sophistic

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

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

6. In which style did John Milton write the poem Paradise Lost ?

   A. Free verse
   B. Vers libre
   C. Regular meter
   D. blank verse

7. 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

8. Which of the following themes or subjects was not common in the works of Cavalier poets, such as Thomas Carew, Sir John Denham, Edmund Walter, Sir John Suckling, James Shirely, Richard Lovelace, and Robert Herrick ?

   A. courtly ideals of the good life
   B. carpe diem
   C. loyalty to the king
   D. pious devotion to religious virtues

9. The Pre-Raphaelite poets were mostly indebted to the poets of the ?

   A. Puritan movement
   B. Romantic revival
   C. Neo-classical age
   D. Metaphysical school

10. What poets before Milton were famous for writing epics ?

    A. Virgil, Shakespeare, and Spenser
    B. Homer, Virgil, and Spenser
    C. Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Spenser
    D. Gilgamesh, Petrarch, and Dryden