a)'L'Allegro' b)'Lycidas' c)'Il Penseroso' d)'Absolom and Achi | PG TRB ENGLISH

a)'L'Allegro'
b)'Lycidas'
c)'Il Penseroso'
d)'Absolom and Achitophel'


516. In 1634 Milton wrote a masque. What's the name of that masque?
a)'Il Penseroso'
b)'Lycidas'
c)'Comus'
d)'The Masque of Blackness'


517. Which of these words or usages did Milton NOT coin?
a)Space – used to mean “outer space”
b)Unaccountable
c)Pandemonium
d)Blatant

518. Following parliament’s victory in the civil war, Milton was appointed to a position in Cromwell’s government in 1649. What was his title?
a)Heresy tsar
b)Poet laureate
c)Secretary to the Admiralty
d)Secretary for Foreign Tongues


519. As well as poetry, Milton published extensively on politics, philosophy and religion. Which of the following was NOT one of his works?

a)Of Prelatical Episcopacy
b)The Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings from the Church
c)Of Practical Exorcisme
d)Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce
520. When did John Milton die?

a) 4 February 1702
b) 2 June 1700
c) 17 April 1688
d) 8 November 1674


521. "Milton, thou should'st be living at this hour. England hath need of thee." Indeed. But who was it, summoning his ghost?
a)Horatio Herbert Kitchener
b)William Blake
c)William Wordsworth
d)John Keats


522. The 20th century has been less kind to his memory. TS Eliot found his imagery distracting, and considered his work “not serious poetry”, but it was another critic who accused him of “callousness to the intrinsic nature of English”. Who?
a)FR Leavis
b)Harold Bloom
c)William Empson
d)Mariella Frostrup


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Paradise Lost By John Milton

523. When was Paradise Lost published?
a) 1660
b) 1667
c) 1658
d) 1654

524. "Paradise Lost" is considered a:
a) First Person Narrative
b)Short Story
c)Epic Poem
d)Novel

525. Satan's name before he fell from heaven was:
a)Beezlebub
b)Michael
c)Lucifer
d)Belial
526. '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

527. 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

528. Milton's "unholy trinity" of characters includes:
a)Error, Temptation, and Satan
b)Sin, Death and Temptation
c)Sin, Temptation, and Satan
d)Satan, Sin, and Death

529. The battle between God's army and Satan's rebels in heaven lasted:
a)One day
b)Three days
c)Seven days
d)One hour

530. In the phrase, "thy seed shall bruise our foe," the "seed" refers to:
a)The Tree of Knowledge
b)Adam
c)Cane and Abel
d)Jesus Christ

531. In the phrase, "thy seed shall bruise our foe," "thy" refers to:
a)Sin
b)Eden
c)Satan
d)Eve

532. The two archangels who serve as generals in God's army are:
a)Michael and Gabriel
b)Michael and Raphael
c)Raphael and Gabriel
d)Michael and Lucifer

533. For inspiration in writing the poem, Milton says he depends on:
a)Wine
b)The Holy Spirit
c)His favorite pen
d)The Son

534. Earth is described as being connected to heaven by a:
a)"stepping stones of clouds
b)Golden rope
c)Golden chain
d)Ladder

535. Sin was born out of Satan's:
a)Head
b)Lust
c)Anger
d)Rib

535. Eve before the Fall might best be described as:
a)a feminist
b)uncomfortable with Adam
c)detailed oriented
d)a docile, vain creature

536. 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

537. Who might be considered the friendliest and most sociable of all God's angels?
a)Adam
b)Michael
c)Raphael
d)Lucifer