Milton and Paradise Lost Intro Quiz

True or False: Until the age of 32, Milton devoted himself to writing and studying, earning no income.

• True

• False

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Milton's handicap was his

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True or False: Milton did not believe in free will.

• True

• False

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Milton's important work that argued for freedom of the press is called

• Lycidas.

• Paradise Regained.

• Press Unrestrained.

• Areopagitica.

What is widely considered the greatest epic in English literature?

• Beowulf

• The Faerie Queene

• Paradise Lost

• Pilgrim's Progress

Paradise Lost contains how many books?

True or False: Milton was unable to write himself and dictated 100 lines of his poem a day.

• True

• False

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The purpose of Paradise Lost, clearly stated in the introduction, is

• "to explain the ways of man's fall."

• "to justify the ways of God to man."

• "to justify the evil in the world."

• "to explain the fall of man's free will."

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Whom do Romantics often consider the hero of Paradise Lost?

True or False: Not only does Paradise Lost depict the fall of man, but it also depicts Satan's fall.

• True

• False

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