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John Milton
Contributed by: Guy
  • 1. When was John Milton born?
A) 1500
B) 1808
C) 1608
D) 1700
  • 2. Which famous epic poem did John Milton write?
A) Paradise Lost
B) Don Quixote
C) Romeo and Juliet
D) The Iliad
  • 3. Where did John Milton attend university?
A) Harvard
B) Oxford
C) Cambridge
D) Sorbonne
  • 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) Napoleon Bonaparte
D) Henry VIII
  • 6. What is the title of Milton's famous essay on censorship and freedom of speech?
A) Leviathan
B) The Prince
C) The Divine Comedy
D) Areopagitica
  • 7. Which of the following works by Milton is a masque?
A) Comus
B) Paradise Regained
C) The Odyssey
D) The Waste Land
  • 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) Speech impairment
B) Deafness
C) Paralysis
D) Blindness
  • 10. What is the meter used in Milton's blank verse poetry?
A) Trochaic tetrameter
B) Dactylic hexameter
C) Spondaic octameter
D) Iambic pentameter
  • 11. Which biblical figure plays a central role in 'Paradise Lost'?
A) Moses
B) Abraham
C) Satan
D) Jesus
  • 12. Which literary device is prominently used in Milton's works?
A) Limerick
B) Palindrome
C) Haiku
D) Epic simile
  • 13. Which poet influenced Milton's style and thematic concerns?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Geoffrey Chaucer
C) Edmund Spenser
D) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • 14. What is the title of Milton's pastoral elegy written in memory of a friend?
A) Moby Dick
B) Lycidas
C) Walden
D) The Canterbury Tales
  • 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 Wealth of Nations
B) De Doctrina Christiana
C) The Origin of Species
D) The Communist Manifesto
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