English MCQs — Test 188
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Question 1
In Book Three of “Paradise Lost,” God the Father alludes to what theological principle in the following quotation: “I made him [Adam] just and right, / Sufficient to have stood though free to fall.”
Question 2
Despite Samson’s defeat and shame, Samson predicts that God will “arise and his great name assert” by making Dagon receive “Such a discomfit, as shall quite despoil him / Of all these boasted Trophies won on me / And with confusion blank his Worshippers” (467–71). This prediction is interesting because ?
Question 3
In “Samson Agonistes,” Samson’s father, Manoa, is trying to get Samson freed from imprisonment mainly so he can help Samson to____________?
Question 4
John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes” is best described by which of the following genres ?
Question 5
Near the end of “Samson Agonistes,” Samson resists performing before attendants of what type of event ?
Question 6
John Milton was inspired by the previous works of what authors ?
Question 7
Even in John Milton’s lifetime, “Paradise Regained” was considered in literary quality as largely to “Paradise Lost.” ?
Question 8
What poet was famous for his “Eclogues” ?
Question 9
was the companion in publication to John Milton’s “Paradise Regained.” ?
Question 10
What Biblical story acts as a springboard for John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” ?