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