John Milton/Sonnet 7

When and Where was John Milton Born.

• England February 17, 1689

• Washington July 6, 1794

• London December 9, 1608

• Florida January 24, 1888

After the Restoration of Charles II to the throne in 1660, Milton was arrested as a

• Fugitive

• Defender of the Commonwealth

• Minor

• Cromwell

During the English Civil War, Milton championed the cause of the?

• Puritans and Oliver Cromwell

• Radical political topics

• Government

• Regicide

He was educated at?

• St. Paul's School and Christ's College

• Stanford University

• Queen Mary School and University of London

• London School of Economics and Political Science

In 1642, Milton returned from a trip into the countryside with a 16-year-old bride named?

• Samantha Hillen

• Elizabeth Minshull

• Katherine Woodcock

• Mary Powell

The poet in the octave states that he is __ years old and is frustrated with having?

• 34, PTSD

• 67, too much stress

• 23, accomplished little

• 17, girls

The speaker hopes that what he accomplishes will be ultimately?

• pleasing to God

• bad

• accomplishing

• reflected on people

John Milton's Sonnet 7 begins with?

• God's plans for him

• How soon hath Time

• great Task-Master

• trust in God

The poem is written in the ____ and is highly _____?

• Poem, Highly

• English language, Criticized

• Back, Acclaimed

• First Person, autobiographical

The end of the poem talks about how God, his ____ is keeping an eye on the speaker and what he is doing with his life and the gifts that God has given him.

• his great Task-Master

• his Gift

• his Savior

• his spring