When Satan leaps over the fence into Paradise, what does Milton liken him to ?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. ’Book 1’ of ’Paradise Lost’ presents Satan with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and speaks to them. The first he addresses is described as ’one next to himself in power, and next in crime, long after known in Palestine’. What’s the name of this fallen angel?

   A. Mammon
   B. Moloch
   C. Beelzebub
   D. Ashtaroth

3. 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

4. In the early books of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” Satan conspires with which of the following characters ?

   A. Baal
   B. Beelzebub
   C. Michel
   D. A and B

5. 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

6. In Paradise Lost, Book I, Satan is the embodiment of Milton’s ?

   A. Sense of injured merit
   B. Hatred of tyranny
   C. Spirit of revolt
   D. All these

7. According to John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” what is Satan’s tragic flaw ?

   A. Lust
   B. Pride
   C. Jealousy
   D. Love

8. Throughout the poem, Satan transforms himself into many creatures. Which creature does Satan not turn into ?

   A. a mouse
   B. a cherub
   C. a toad
   D. a serpent

9. In the first 75 lines of Book One of “Paradise Regained,” Satan refers to which person he has recently seen, who is identified by the following quote? “Before him [Jesus] a great Prophet, to proclaim / His coming, is sent Harbinger, who all / Invites, and in the Consecrated stream / Pretends to wash off sin” ?

   A. John the Apostle
   B. John the Baptist
   C. Michael the Archangel
   D. Joseph, Jesus’s stepfather

10. 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