When did John Milton die ?

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1. Where was John Milton born? Where was John Milton born ?

   A. London
   B. Bristol
   C. Wales
   D. Yorkshire

2. When did John Milton die ?

   A. 22 June 1675
   B. 9 December 1670
   C. 14 February 1669
   D. 8 November 1674

3. 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

4. Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton’s at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem ?

   A. lycidas
   B. Paradise Lost
   C. II penseroso
   D. none of the above

5. When was John Milton born ?

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

6. John Milton was 34 when he married Mary Powell. How old was she ?

   A. 48
   B. 34
   C. 22
   D. 17

7. Which of the following works was NOT written by John Milton ?

   A. ’L’Allegro’
   B. ’Lycidas’
   C. ’Il Penseroso’
   D. ’Absolom and Achitophel’

8. 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”

9. When did John Keats die ?

   A. 11 May 1838
   B. 12 March 1833
   C. 23 February 1821
   D. 19 August 1825

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”