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