John Milton was born in 1608 in what city ?

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. In Shakespeare’s literary output, the period 1604-1608 is the period of__________________?

   A. Comedy plays
   B. Historical plays
   C. Great Tragedies
   D. None of above

5. When was John Milton born ?

   A. 22 April 1600
   B. 19 August 1604
   C. 6 June 1606
   D. 9 December 1608

6. 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”

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

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

8. 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

9. What character leads Adam and Eve from the Gates of Paradise in the final book of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?

   A. Michelangelo
   B. Raphael
   C. Uriel
   D. Michael

10. The foundation story of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” derives from what text ?

    A. The Book of “Genesis”
    B. The Book of “Revelations”
    C. “The Odyssey”
    D. “Canterbury Tales”