Milton and Paradise Lost

John Milton was a _______________ writer during the English Renaissance.

• Puritan

• Catholic

• Protestant

• Commonwealth

By the age of 21, Milton declared that he was going to be a ______________.

• carpenter

• great poet

• politician

• minister

For a time, and on behalf of Parliament, Milton wrote _______________ in defense of religious and civil freedoms.

• speeches

• sermons

• poems

• pamphlets

John Milton, in his 40s, lost his ____________.

• sister

• wife

• children

• eyesight

Paradise Lost, Milton's famous epic poem, was written in ____________, or unrhymed iambic pentameter.

• blank verse

• Haiku

• Free verse

• Rhymed couplets

An epic is:

• A type of musical composition that recounts the events of a hero's exploits and adventures and his tragic fall.

• a long narrative poem that recounts, in a serious tone and stately language, heroic exploits and dramatic events.

• A type of painting

• A type of dance

What does Satan tell Beelzebub their sole purpose will be? 

• To win redemption from God
• To make up for their mistakes
• To never do good and ever do ill
• Write their memoirs

The story of God vs. Lucifer is:

• God gets beaten up pretty badly.
• God doesn't fight fair.
• Lucifer is beaten badly and thrown out of Heaven.
• Lucifer begs God to forgive him.

Which devil is Satan's second- in -command?

• Mammon
• Sin
• Moloch
• Beezlebub

Satan's __________ had him cast out from Heaven.

• image
• pride
• love
• hatred