What character in “Paradise Lost” is first tempted to eat of the Tree of Knowledge ?

Related Mcqs:

1. In John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” Satan assumes the character and form of what creature in order to tempt Eve to eat at the Tree of Knowledge ?

   A. A toad
   B. A serpent
   C. A lion
   D. A tiger

2. 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

3. 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

4. In the demonic council of Book Two of “Paradise Regained,” who proposes that Satan should tempt Jesus with lust for a beautiful woman the way Solomon was tempted ?

   A. Belial
   B. Beelzebub
   C. Venus
   D. Satan

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

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. ‘Paradise Lost’ and ‘Paradise Regained’ are written by________________?

   A. P.B. Shelley
   B. John Keats
   C. John Milton
   D. William Blake

10. The main character in Paradise Lost Book I and Book II is ?

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