1. Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton .The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with Verse over in ________?
a) twelve thousand lines
b) eight thousand lines
c) ten thousand lines
d) nine thousand lines
springline- Correct option: c) ten thousand lines
2. The poem Paradise lost ,concerns the biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the_____?
a) Heaven
b) Hell
c) Garden of Earth
d) Garden of Edan
springline- Correct option: d) Garden of Edan
3. In his introduction to the Penguin edition of Paradise Lost, the Milton scholar notes, ‘John Milton was nearly sixty when he published Paradise Lost in 1667. Who is that Milton Scholar notes this notion?
a) John Leonard
b) Samuel Johnson
c) John Aubrey
d) Andrew Marvell
springline- Correct option: a) John Leonard
4. John Aubrey (1626–97) tells us that the poem was begun in about 1658 and finished in about 1663. However, parts were almost certainly written earlier, and its roots lie in Milton's earliest youth. John Aubrey who was a ____?
a) Poet
b) Critic
c) Biographer
d) Saint
springline- Correct option: c) Biographer
5. Having gone blind in 1652, Milton wrote Paradise Lost entirely through dictation with the help of amanuenses and friends. He also wrote the epic poem while he was often ill, suffering from _____?
a) gout
b) Pneumonia
c) tuberculosis
d) lung cancer
springline- Correct option: a) gout
6. In the 1667 version of Paradise Lost, the poem was divided into ten books. However, in the 1672 edition, the text was reorganized into twelve books. In later printing, Which were inserted at the beginning of each book?
a) context
b) Arguments
c) Prologue
d) discourse
springline- Correct option: b) Arguments
7. Milton used a number of acrostics in the poem. In Book 9, a verse describing the serpent which tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden spells out 'SATAN', while elsewhere in the same book, Milton spells out _______?
a) AADAM
b) EEDAN
c) FFAALL
d) SAATAN
springline- Correct option: c) FFAALL
8. Milton's story has two narrative arcs, one about Satan (Lucifer) and the other, Adam and Eve. It begins after Satan and the other fallen angels have been defeated and banished to Hell, or, as it is also called in the poem_______.
a) Dionysus
b) Poseidon
c) Tartarus
d) Atlas
springline- Correct option: c) Tartarus
9. The poem Paradise Lost, follows the epic tradition of starting in medias res (in the midst of things), the background story being recounted later. Satan employs his rhetorical skill to organise his followers; he is aided by Mammon and Beelzebub. Belial and Moloch are also present. Which is the capital of Hell in John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost ?
a) Pandæmonium
b) Elysium
c) Pandomonium
d) Empyrean
springline- Correct option: a) Pandæmonium
10. Which is in the New Testament of the Bible is commonly thought to mean money, material wealth, or any entity that promises wealth, and is associated with the greedy pursuit of gain and the Middle Ages, sometimes it included in the seven princes of Hell ?
a) Chorus
b) Beelzebub
c) Satan
d) Mammon
springline- Correct option: d) Mammon
11. Beelzebub or Beelzebul is a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by some Abrahamic religions as a major demon. The name Beelzebub is associated with the Canaanite god Baal.In theological sources, predominantly Christian, Beelzebub is another name for _____?
a) Mammon
b) Satan
c) Apollo
d) Chorus
springline- Correct option: b) Satan
12. Paradise Lost; At several points in the poem, an Angelic War over Heaven is recounted from different perspectives. Satan's rebellion follows the epic convention of large-scale warfare. The battles between the faithful angels and Satan's forces take place over _____?
a) three days
b) four days
c) three month
d) five days
springline- Correct option: a) three days
13. In a vision shown to him by the Archangel Michael, Adam witnesses everything that will happen to Mankind until the Great Flood. Adam is very upset by this vision of the future, so Michael also tells him about Mankind's potential redemption from original sin through ____?
a) God’s Son
b) Jesus Christ
c) Hermes
d) Zeus
springline- Correct option: b) Jesus Christ
14. Who formerly called Lucifer, is the first major character introduced in the poem of Paradise Lost and He was once the most beautiful of all angels, and is a tragic figure who famously declares :Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven?
a) Eve
b) Jesus Christ
c) Mammon
d) Satan
springline- Correct option: d) Satan
15. Satan is powerful and charismatic. His persuasive powers are evident throughout the book. He is not only cunning and deceptive: he is also able to rally the fallen angels to continue in the rebellion after their agonizing defeat in the ______?
a) Paradise War
b) The Poet’s War
c) Angelic War
d) Civil War
springline- Correct option: c) Angelic War
16. A hero is someone who is 'superhuman, godlike, and divine' but is also human. A hero would have to either be a human with God-like powers or the offspring of God; Whose notion is this?
a) Aristotle
b) Samuel Johnson
c) Edward King
d) Milton
springline- Correct option: a) Aristotle
17. Adam is more gregarious than Eve and yearns for her company. He is completely infatuated with her. Who advises him to ‘take heed lest Passion sway / Thy Judgment’, but Adam's great love for Eve contributes to his disobedience to God?
a) Serpent
b) God
c) Raphael
d) Satan
springline- Correct option: c) Raphael
18. The Son of God is the spirit who will become incarnate as Jesus Christ, though he is never named explicitly because he has not yet entered human form. Who believed in a subordinationist doctrine of Christology that regarded the Son as secondary to the Father and as God's ‘great Vice-regent ?
a) Edmund Spenser
b) Milton
c) Andrew Marvell
d) William Blake
springline- Correct option: b) Milton
19. Michael is an archangel who is preeminent in military prowess. Who discusses at length with the curious Adam what has transpired and pertains to present and future happiness ?
a) Satan
b) Critic
c) Raphael
d) God
springline- Correct option: c) Raphael
20. Who argued that there was no contradiction in Milton's position in the poem since ‘Milton believed that God was his 'natural superior' and that Charles Stuart was not’?
a) C.S. Lewis
b) Samuel Johnson
c) William Blake
d) Alexander Pope
springline- Correct option: a) C.S. Lewis
21. Who famously wrote in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: ‘The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels & God, and at liberty when of Devils & Hell, is because he was a true Poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it ?
a) John Dryden
b) Samuel Johnson
c) Alexander Blake
d) William Blake
springline- Correct option: d) William Blake
22. Although Milton was not the first to use blank verse, his use of it was very influential and he became known for the style. When Miltonic verse became popular, Who mocked Milton for inspiring bad blank verse, but later he recognized that Milton's verse style was very influential?
a) Samuel Johnson
b) William Blake
c) John Dryden
d) Alexander Pope
springline- Correct option: a) Samuel Johnson
23. Whose status as a traditional hero in the work is similarly up to debate as the term ‘hero’ evokes different meanings depending on the time and the person giving the definition, and is thus a matter of contention within the text?
a) Satan
b) Mammon
c) Adam
d) Eve
springline- Correct option: a) Satan
24. John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under ____?
a) Charles I
b) Oliver Cromwell
c) James V
d) Charles II
springline- Correct option: b) Oliver Cromwell
25. Milton desire for freedom extended into his style: he introduced new words (coined from Latin and Ancient Greek) to the English language, and was the first modern writer to employ unrhymed verse outside of the ______?
a) translation
b) Poem
c) theory
d) theme
springline- Correct option: a) translation
26. William Hayley's biography called him the ‘greatest English author’, and he remains generally regarded ‘as one of the pre-eminent writers in the English language’ ;in the year of________
a) 1796
b) 1786
c) 1789
d) 1772
springline- Correct option: a) 1796
27. Milton's poetry was slow to see the light of day, at least under his name. His first published poem was ‘On Shakespeare’ , anonymously included in the Second Folio edition of William Shakespeare's plays in ______?
a) 1631
b) 1628
c) 1632
d) 1630
springline- Correct option: c) 1632
28. Milton's magnum opus, the blank-verse epic poem Paradise Lost, was composed by the blind and impoverished Milton from 1658 to 1664 (first edition), with small but significant revisions published in ______?
a) 1671
b) 1674
c) 1688
d) 1666
springline- Correct option: b) 1674
29. Milton followed up the publication Paradise Lost with its sequel Paradise Regained, which was published alongside the tragedy Samson Agonistes in 1671. . Both of these works also reflect Milton's post-Restoration situation of___?.
a) critical
b) political
c) religious
d) liberty
springline- Correct option: b) political
30. Once Paradise Lost was published, Milton's stature as epic poet was immediately recognised. He was often judged equal or superior to all other English poets, including Shakespeare. The political ideas of Milton, Locke, Sidney, and James Harrington strongly influenced the Radical Whigs, whose ideology in turn was central to the _______?
a) French Revolution
b) Restoration
c) American Revolution
d) Reformation
springline- Correct option: c) American Revolution