A. The Book of “Genesis”
B. The Book of “Revelations”
C. “The Odyssey”
D. “Canterbury Tales”
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - In ’Paradise Lost’, which angel is ordered by God to drive Adam and Eve out of Paradise? Before he does so, he shows Adam a number of visions about the future of the human race, beginning with Cain murdering Abel and ending with the redemption of mankind through Christ. Who is this angel that has a large role in the finishing chapters of ’Paradise Lost’ ?
A. Michael
B. Abdiel
C. Rafael
D. Gabriel - What Biblical story acts as a springboard for John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” ?
A. The Baptism of Jesus
B. The story of Luke
C. The Ascension of Jesus
D. The Second Coming of Jesus - John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is a story largely about what topic ?
A. A quest for knowledge of the self
B. A quest for knowledge of other countries
C. A quest for knowledge of the future
D. A quest for Forbidden Knowledge - Which of the following questions would a student of Book Nine of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” likely ask ?
A. “What is the precise relationship between Satan, Sin, and Death?”
B. “How, exactly, was Eve tempted to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?”
C. “How, exactly, was Adam convinced to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?”
D. B 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 - What important event(s) occur(s) in John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” immediately after Eve first eats of the Tree of Knowledge ?
A. Nature is immediately wounded by Eve’s transgression.
B. Satan is immediately wounded by Eve’s transgression.
C. Raphael is immediately wounded by Eve’s transgression.
D. Abdiel immediately flees the Council of Rebel Angels.
