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The “Good thing I read the ‘Paradise Lost’

reading assignment!” Quiz®

1. Who composed Paradise Lost?

a. William Shakespeare
b. John Milton
c. George Milton
d. John Keats

2. The epic is about the Christian story of:

a. Jesus Christ
b. Human Evolution
c. Origin of Man
d. Fall of Man

3. Who is the main protagonist of Paradise Lost?

a. Satan
b. Adam
c. Eve
d. God

4. Paradise Lost is a(n)

a. Epic
b. Sonnet
c. Ballad
d. Pastoral

5. Milton’s larger purpose for writing Paradise Lost was to

a. Establish himself as a master of letters in the Church of England

b. Justify the ways of God to men
c. To establish ministerial pursuit of a ministry
d. As an aid to the Church of England to enlighten the citizenry
6. To whom does Milton compare himself indirectly to in the poem?

a. Lord Essex of Buckinghamshire

b. God
c. Moses
d. Satan

7. How is Satan imprisoned in Hell?

a. Forced to push a boulder up a hill for eternity

b. Chained to a burning lake
c. Trapped in a burning cave
d. Thrown into a burning pit of lava

8. Which of the fallen angels is next in command of Satan?

a. Gorgon
b. Medusa
c. Beelzebub
d. Icarus

9. What reason does Satan give for God’s victory over him?

a. Luck
b. Superior force
c. Conspiracy of angels
d. A trick

10. How does Satan plan to continue his resistance to God?

a. To wage eternal war by turning good to evil

b. By burning the earth “to a glorious cinder”
c. By corrupting God’s “angel hierarchy”
d. Turning “Titanian or Earthborn to wonder of their creator”