John Milton

Question 1

John Milton was called

Answer 1

Lady of Christ

Question 2

Milton grew up listening to the sermons of

Answer 2

John Donne

Question 3

Milton completed his education from

Answer 3

Cambridge College

Question 4

Milton Isolated himself for how many years and were

Answer 4

6 years in Horton

Question 5

Where did Milton meet Gilelio?

Answer 5

On his trip to France and Italy

Question 6

Who is the only contemporary who is mentioned in the paradise lost by name?

Answer 6

Galileo

Question 7

In which book does Milton talk about scientific equipment

Answer 7

Book 8

Question 8

Who was in power during Milton’s era

Answer 8

Oliver Cromwell in the interregnum period (1660- 1640)

Question 9

Religion of Milton

Answer 9

Puritan

Question 10

Oliver Cromwell was

Answer 10

Puritan

Question 11

Milton was born in ___________ family

Answer 11

Catholic Family

Question 12

Who was assisting Milton in the in interregnum period?

Answer 12

Andrew Marvell

Question 13

When did the restoration happen?

Answer 13

1660, Charles 2 restored

Question 14

Trajectory of Milton’s work

Answer 14

1632: L’Allegro
1632: Il Penseroso
1634: Comus (a masque)
1637: Lycidas
1652: When I Consider How My Light is Spent (Commonly referred to as “On his blindness”, though Milton did not use this title)
1667: Paradise Lost
1671: Paradise Regained
1671: Samson Agonistes

Question 15

In 1667, the book was published in how many parts

Answer 15

10

Question 16

Paradise Lost was published in how many parts 1672

Answer 16

12

Question 17

How many angels (in fraction) were thrown out of the heaven?

Answer 17

1/3

Question 18

The first 16 lines of PL consists of __________

Answer 18

One sentence

Question 19

The throne of Lucifer

Answer 19

Pandemonium

Question 20

3 important fallen angels along with Lucifer

Answer 20

Beelzebub
Mammon
Belial

Question 21

How many times did Milton evoke the muses in the PL

Answer 21

3 Times
Urania in book 1 and 4
Holy light in Book 3

Question 22

Which angels narrates the story of creation to Adam and Eve

Answer 22

Raphael

Question 23

Who tells the story of Eve’s creation

Answer 23

Adam

Question 24

Who put PL on stage?

Answer 24

John Dryden, State of Innocence.

Question 25

Who said that Milton belongs to Devil's party without knowing it

Answer 25

William Blake

Question 26

Who says, Milton's devil was a moral being far superior to his god

Answer 26

Shelley

Question 27

Which book does Frankenstein's monster read?

Answer 27

Paradise Lost

Question 28

Who has written Milton's God

Answer 28

William Empson

Question 29

Which angel does Satan trick by disguising himself as a cherub?

Answer 29

Uriel

Question 30

Which of the following forms does Satan take?

Answer 30

Cormorant, Angel, Toad

Question 31

In which book does the fall take place

Answer 31

9

Question 32

Which devil advocates a renewal of all-out war against God?

Answer 32

Moloch

Question 33

Which angel wields a large sword in the battle and wounds Satan?

Answer 33

Michael

Question 34

Which angel tells Adam about the future in Books XI and XII

Answer 34

Michael

Question 35

WHat is not found in Hell?

Answer 35

Oil

Question 36

Which statement about the Earth is asserted as true in Paradise Lost?

Answer 36

Earth hangs to heaven by chain

Question 37

main architect of Pandemonium

Answer 37

Mulciber

Question 38

Who leads Adam and Eve out of Paradise?

Answer 38

Michael

Question 39

Which poet does Milton emulate

Answer 39

Virgil and Homer

Question 40

What is the stated subject of Paradise Lost?

Answer 40

Adam and Eve's disobedience

Question 41

Which of the angels is considered a hero for arguing against Satan?

Answer 41

Abdiel

Question 42

In an attempt to defeat God and his angels, what do the rebel angels make?

Answer 42

Cannon

Question 43

What does Eve do when she first becomes conscious?

Answer 43

Go look at herself in the lake

Question 44

Milton wrote lycidas for

Answer 44

Edward King