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