What character leads Adam and Eve from the Gates of Paradise in the final book of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?

A. Michelangelo
B. Raphael
C. Uriel
D. Michael

In Book Four of “Paradise Regained,” for his final temptation Satan takes Jesus to what location ?

A. The top of the pantheon in rome
B. The pinnacle of the temple in jerusalem
C. The top of a “mountain high”
D. “up to the middle region of thick air”

Which of the following British monarchs was executed during the English Civil War?

A. Charles i
B. Charles ii
C. Queen anne
D. Henry viii

Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning John Milton’s poetry ?

A. He followed the shakespearean rather than the petrarchan sonnet form.
B. He followed the petrarchan rather than the shakespearean sonnet form.
C. He followed the spenserian rather than the shakespearean sonnet form.
D. He followed the spenserian rather than the petrarchan sonnet form.

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”

Choose the BEST answer to fill in the blank. John Milton is best described as a strong who emphasized the freedom of the individual ?

A. Anglican
B. Methodist
C. Protestant
D. Buddhist

What angel often speaks to Adam in Paradise ?

A. Michelangelo
B. Raphael
C. Pandosto
D. Baal

A number of the British Romantic poets argue what character to be the protagonist (or “hero”) of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?

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

Which of the following events occur(s) at some point in John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?

A. Satan contemplates his reflection in a pool of water.
B. Adam contemplates his reflection in a pool of water.
C. Eve contemplates her reflection in a pool of water.
D. All of these

Which of the following questions would a student of Book Nine of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” likely ask ?

A. “what is the precise relationship between satan, sin, and death?”
B. “how, exactly, was eve tempted to eat of the tree of knowledge?”
C. “how, exactly, was adam convinced to eat of the tree of knowledge?”
D. B and c