paradise lost context

Question 1

what story does paradise lost retell?

Answer 1

Fall of Man, Book of Genesis, Bible

Question 2

John Milton birth year

Answer 2

1608

Question 3

Death of Elizabeth and accession of James I of England

Answer 3

1603

Question 4

gunpowder plot

Answer 4

1605

Question 5

king James version of the bible

Answer 5

1611

Question 6

Milton’s trip to Italy and France

Answer 6

1638-1639

Question 7

Milton writes “3 anti- episcopal pamphlets”

Answer 7

1641-1643

Question 8

civil war begins

Answer 8

1642

Question 9

Milton marries Mary Powell, first wife, is a royalist

Answer 9

1642

Question 10

Milton publishes Doctrine of Discipline of Divorce

Answer 10

1643

Question 11

Milton publishes Education and Areopagiticia

Answer 11

1644

Question 12

execution of king James, abolition of monarchy

Answer 12

1649

Question 13

Milton publishes Tenure of Kings and Magistrates

Answer 13

1649

Question 14

Milton is appointed secretary of Foreign Tongues

Answer 14

1649

Question 15

Birth of daughter (Deborah); death of Mary and his son John

Answer 15

1652

Question 16

Cromwell’s Protectorate

Answer 16

1653-1658

Question 17

Milton marries Katherine Woodcock

Answer 17

1656

Question 18

Death of Katherine Woodcock and Milton’s child

Answer 18

1658

Question 19

Cromwell dies

Answer 19

1658

Question 20

Milton publishes Treatise of Civil Power

Answer 20

1659

Question 21

Restoration of Monarchy

Answer 21

1660

Question 22

Milton is imprisoned and his books are burnt

Answer 22

1660

Question 23

Milton marries Elizabeth Minshull

Answer 23

1663

Question 24

Great Fire of London

Answer 24

1666

Question 25

Paradise Lost is published

Answer 25

1667

Question 26

Paradise Regained is published

Answer 26

1671

Question 27

Milton dies

Answer 27

1674