Who was a friend of John Milton ?

Related Mcqs:

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

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

2. 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

3. 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”

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. Which period of John Keats as called “the most placid time in Keats’s life” by Cowden Clarke, a close friend of Keats ?

   A. His visit to Lake District
   B. Keats’ lodging in the attic above the
   surgery at 7 Church Street
   C. Keats stay in Italy
   D. Keats’ travel to Alps

6. The home of Chaucer’s royal patron and friend, John of Gaunt, was burned duringthe Peasants’ Revolt of 138. What events led to this revolt ?

   A. Government policies were incorrectly based on the idea that the rich would help the poor survive.
   B. The high rates of the poll tax were considered unfair.
   C. Peasants were jointly united against the pattern of upper-class harassments
   D. All of these answers

7. 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

8. John Milton was born in 1608 in what city ?

   A. Bath
   B. Paris
   C. London
   D. Nottingham

9. According to many British Romantic poets, who is the protagonist of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?

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

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

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