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