Paradise Lost

When Adam asks how the heavenly bodies move, who tells him, "Focus on earthly things, not heavenly mysteries"?

• Raphael

• Michael

• Jesus

Empiricism gained popularity during the Scientific Revolution. It teaches that:​ (a)  

• all true knowledge comes from our senses.
• all true knowledge comes from a study of the past
• there is no true knowledge, only theories

Which three scientists helped develop the Scientific Method?

• Sir Francis Bacon

• Rene Descartes

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

Who gives this warning: "But list'n not to his Temptations, warne
Thy weaker; let it profit thee to have heard
By terrible Example the reward
Of disobedience; firm they might have stood,
Yet fell; remember, and fear to transgress."

• Gabriel

• Raphael

• Michael

Paradise Lost is written in​ (a)  

• blank verse
• free verse
• heroic couplets

Which character minimizes the importance of God's command, flatters Eve, and overwhelms with logic?

• Raphael

• Satan

• Michael

Rationalism asserts that emotions and beliefs, rather than reason, are the only sources of knowledge.

• True

• False

Which character directly blames God for the consequences of the choices he made with a free will?

• Satan

• Raphael

• Michael

Paradise Lost was written first in Latin, then translated to Early Modern English.

• True

• False

Which of these is NOT a theme in Paradise Lost?

• The story of humanity is both good and hard -- God redeems what we have lost.

• We have free will, thus we cannot blame the consequences of our actions on fate or God.

• Too much knowledge is never a bad thing.

• Pride goes before a fall.