A. Homer, Virgil, and Dante
B. Dante, Spenser, and Pope
C. Homer, Dryden, and Longfellow
D. Virgil, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen
Related Mcqs:
- Where was John Milton born? Where was John Milton born ?
A. London
B. Bristol
C. Wales
D. Yorkshire - What British Romantic author was particularly inspired by the work of John Milton ?
A. William Blake
B. Alfred Lord Tennyson
C. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
D. T.S. Eliot - 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 - Which of the following works was NOT written by John Milton ?
A. ’L’Allegro’
B. ’Lycidas’
C. ’Il Penseroso’
D. ’Absolom and Achitophel’ - Milton in “Samson Agonistes” uses a Chorus, which he borrows from what previous genre ?
A. Medieval Mystery Plays
B. Greek Epic
C. Greek Drama
D. French Chanson de Gestes - Fill in the blank. In the second edition of_________________, John Foxe promised that he would edit a collection of the works of William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes?
A. “Acts and Monuments”
B. “Utopia”
C. “Euphues”
D. “Paradise Regained” - 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 - 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” - According to John Milton’s view of the structure of the universe, the “Created Universe” is surrounded by what ?
A. Heaven
B. Hell
C. Chaos
D. Sunshine - Even in John Milton’s lifetime, “Paradise Regained” was considered in literary quality as largely to “Paradise Lost.” ?
A. superior
B. inferior
C. equal
D. irrelevant in comparison
