A. To assert his superiority to other poets
B. To argue against the doctrine of predestination
C. To justify the ways of God to men
D. To make his story hard to understand
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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 - 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 - To justify which purpose that Milton wrote Paradise Lost ?
A. To justify the fall of Lucifer
B. To justify the loss of paradise
C. To justify the fall of man
D. To justify the ways of God to men - What is the stated subject of Paradise Lost ?
A. The fight between good and evil
B. Heaven’s battle and Satan’s tragic fall
C. The creation of the universe
D. Adam and Eve’s disobedience - In which style did John Milton write the poem Paradise Lost ?
A. Free verse
B. Vers libre
C. Regular meter
D. blank verse - 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 - What British Romantic artist famously depicted John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” in a series of etchings and prints ?
A. William Wordsworth
B. Percy Bysshe Shelley
C. William Blake
D. John Keats
