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John Milton
  • 1. When was John Milton born?
A) 1700
B) 1500
C) 1608
D) 1808
  • 2. Which famous epic poem did John Milton write?
A) Paradise Lost
B) Don Quixote
C) The Iliad
D) Romeo and Juliet
  • 3. Where did John Milton attend university?
A) Harvard
B) Sorbonne
C) Oxford
D) Cambridge
  • 4. In which language did John Milton write his works?
A) Latin
B) English
C) French
D) Greek
  • 5. Which political figure did John Milton serve under?
A) Henry VIII
B) Napoleon Bonaparte
C) Queen Elizabeth I
D) Oliver Cromwell
  • 6. What is the title of Milton's famous essay on censorship and freedom of speech?
A) The Prince
B) The Divine Comedy
C) Areopagitica
D) Leviathan
  • 7. Which of the following works by Milton is a masque?
A) The Odyssey
B) The Waste Land
C) Paradise Regained
D) Comus
  • 8. In which year was John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' first published?
A) 1682
B) 1550
C) 1667
D) 1776
  • 9. Which disability did John Milton develop later in life?
A) Blindness
B) Paralysis
C) Deafness
D) Speech impairment
  • 10. What is the meter used in Milton's blank verse poetry?
A) Trochaic tetrameter
B) Spondaic octameter
C) Dactylic hexameter
D) Iambic pentameter
  • 11. Which biblical figure plays a central role in 'Paradise Lost'?
A) Satan
B) Abraham
C) Jesus
D) Moses
  • 12. Which literary device is prominently used in Milton's works?
A) Haiku
B) Palindrome
C) Epic simile
D) Limerick
  • 13. Which poet influenced Milton's style and thematic concerns?
A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B) William Shakespeare
C) Geoffrey Chaucer
D) Edmund Spenser
  • 14. What is the title of Milton's pastoral elegy written in memory of a friend?
A) Lycidas
B) Moby Dick
C) The Canterbury Tales
D) Walden
  • 15. Which king was restored to the English throne after the Interregnum period during Milton's lifetime?
A) Charles II
B) George III
C) James I
D) William the Conqueror
  • 16. What is the title of Milton's treatise on Christian doctrine?
A) The Origin of Species
B) De Doctrina Christiana
C) The Wealth of Nations
D) The Communist Manifesto
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