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