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- Famous playwright, poet & others Mcqs - Set 20
MCQs 1: “Samson Agonistes” differs from its source material, the Biblical book of “Judges,” in what way(s) ?
In “Samson,” Samson is blind, but he is not in “Judges.”
In “Samson,” Manoa is Samson’s father, but he is not in “Judges.”
In “Samson,” Samson is married to Dalila, but he is not in “Judges.”
In “Samson,” Dalila cuts Samson’s hair, but she does not in “Judges.”
MCQs 2: The pastoral elegy often begins with which of the following poetic conventions ?
MCQs 3: John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is a story largely about what topic ?
A quest for knowledge of the self
A quest for knowledge of other countries
A quest for knowledge of the future
A quest for Forbidden Knowledge
MCQs 4: The Primary Narrator for Books Eleven and Twelve of “Paradise Lost,” who relates future events is which of the following ?
MCQs 5: Milton in “Samson Agonistes” uses a Chorus, which he borrows from what previous genre ?
MCQs 6: John Milton was born in 1608 in what city ?
MCQs 7: John Milton was fluent in which of the following languages ?
Latin, Greek, and Hebrew
Latin, Sanskrit, and Aramaic
Latin, Arabic, and Spanish
Mandarin, Dutch, and French
MCQs 8: Roughly speaking, how long was the English Civil War ?
MCQs 9: What British Romantic artist famously depicted John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” in a series of etchings and prints ?
MCQs 10: John Milton’s “Areopagitica” is best described by which of the following genres ?
MCQs 11: Which of the following statements is/are TRUE concerning Puritanism ?
There is an emphasis on the importance of preaching.
There is an emphasis on spiritual experience.
There is an emphasis on the freedom of sexual expression.
A and B
MCQs 12: The Renaissance was known for originating which of the following philosophical movements ?
MCQs 13: The first stanza of John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” begins with what topic(s) ?
A brief summary of “Paradise Lost”
A detailed description of Satan
A detailed description of Milton himself
A and B
MCQs 14: According to John Milton, political offices were to be filled by______________?
MCQs 15: In the Oliver Cromwell “Commonwealth” and “Protectorate” administrations, Milton served as the British government’s chief ?
MCQs 16: Unlike the gods and goddesses of classical epics, John Milton’s God in “Paradise Lost” is and____________?
MCQs 17: In the “Book of Job,” Satan speaks to what figure(s) ?
MCQs 18: John Milton claimed from an early age that he would become ?
England’s first poet
England’s first dramatist
England’s poet laureate
England’s greatest civil engineer
MCQs 19: What important event(s) occur(s) in John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” immediately after Eve first eats of the Tree of Knowledge ?
Nature is immediately wounded by Eve’s transgression.
Satan is immediately wounded by Eve’s transgression.
Raphael is immediately wounded by Eve’s transgression.
Abdiel immediately flees the Council of Rebel Angels.
MCQs 20: The foundation story of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” derives from what text ?
MCQs 21: John Milton’s “Lycidas” is best described by which of the following genres ?
MCQs 22: 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.”
MCQs 23: 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 ?
the prediction is never fulfilled.
the prophet Enoch had made the same prediction centuries earlier.
Samson doesn’t know he himself will fulfill the prediction.
the prediction is finally fulfilled much later when Jesus defeats Dagon
MCQs 24: In “Samson Agonistes,” Samson’s father, Manoa, is trying to get Samson freed from imprisonment mainly so he can help Samson to____________?
MCQs 25: Near the end of “Samson Agonistes,” Samson resists performing before attendants of what type of event ?
MCQs 26: John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes” is best described by which of the following genres ?
MCQs 27: John Milton was inspired by the previous works of what authors ?
Homer, Virgil, and Dante
Dante, Spenser, and Pope
Homer, Dryden, and Longfellow
Virgil, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen
MCQs 28: What poet was famous for his “Eclogues” ?
MCQs 29: Even in John Milton’s lifetime, “Paradise Regained” was considered in literary quality as largely to “Paradise Lost.” ?
MCQs 30: What Biblical story acts as a springboard for John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” ?
MCQs 31: was the companion in publication to John Milton’s “Paradise Regained.” ?
MCQs 32: Complete the following statement. John Milton explains in the first 26 lines of “Paradise Lost” that that goal of his epic poem will be ?
to justify the ways of God to humankind.
to justify the ways of humankind to God.
to justify the ways of Heaven to Hell.
to justify the ways of Hell to Heaven.
MCQs 33: What character leads Adam and Eve from the Gates of Paradise in the final book of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?
MCQs 34: According to the “Book of Luke,” Herod was the king of ?
MCQs 35: Which of the following British monarchs was executed during the English Civil War?
MCQs 36: In Book Four of “Paradise Regained,” for his final temptation Satan takes Jesus to what location ?
The top of the Pantheon in Rome
The Pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem
The top of a “Mountain high”
“Up to the middle Region of thick Air”
MCQs 37: In , a good example of Milton’s sharp rhetorical prose, Milton denounces restrictive censorship, arguing for freedom of the press ?
MCQs 38: Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning John Milton’s poetry ?
He followed the Shakespearean rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form.
He followed the Petrarchan rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form.
He followed the Spenserian rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form.
He followed the Spenserian rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form.
MCQs 39: What angel often speaks to Adam in Paradise ?
MCQs 40: Choose the BEST answer to fill in the blank. John Milton is best described as a strong who emphasized the freedom of the individual ?
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