In Book Six of “Paradise Lost,” Satan invents something that he thinks will help win his war against God. What is it ?

A. Gunpowder
B. Adamantine armor
C. The chariot of paternal deity
D. The thunderbolt

The elegy began as an ancient metrical form ?

A. French
B. Greek
C. Roman
D. German

How many times does Satan work to tempt Jesus in the Gospels ?

A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four

The first sonnet form invented was the____________?

The first sonnet form invented was the
A. Spenserian
B. Shakespearean
C. Wordsworthian

In “Samson Agonistes,” Samson predicts “This day will be remarkable in my life / By some great act, or of my days the last”. This is interesting because___________?

A. Both statements end up happening that day.
B. Both statements end up not happening that day.
C. Samson is echoing the older prediction of the prophet enoch.
D. Both statements will later be fulfilled by christ.

In the Biblical book of “Judges,”?

A. Dalila pays samson’s ransom from prison.
B. Dalila refuses to pay samson’s ransom in prison.
C. Never records dalila’s visit to samson in prison.
D. Never records dalila’s cutting of samson’s hair.

“Samson Agonistes” differs from its source material, the Biblical book of “Judges,” in what way(s) ?

A. In “samson,” samson is blind, but he is not in “judges.”
B. In “samson,” manoa is samson’s father, but he is not in “judges.”
C. In “samson,” samson is married to dalila, but he is not in “judges.”
D. In “samson,” dalila cuts samson’s hair, but she does not in “judges.”

In his introduction, Milton described the genre of “Samson Agonistes” as_____________?

A. History play
B. Tragedy
C. Comedy
D. Morality play

John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is a story largely about what topic ?

A. A quest for knowledge of the self
B. A quest for knowledge of other countries
C. A quest for knowledge of the future
D. A quest for forbidden knowledge

The pastoral elegy often begins with which of the following poetic conventions ?

A. Invocation of a muse
B. A cry of lament
C. Prayer to the sun
D. A and b