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