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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who names the animals?
2. What is happening to the people in the lazar-house?
3. With what is Michael to guard paradise?
4. What does Adam say he has been comparing at the beginning of Book 8?
5. What does God do on the seventh day?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Adam want Eve to stay with him?
2. What does Raphael say is man's place in the world?
3. What is Adam's reason for wanting a mate?
4. Why does Adam also decide to eat the fruit?
5. How will Jesus save mankind?
6. What has Adam learned from his experience?
7. In what way are angels similar to humans?
8. How does the serpent persuade Eve to eat from the tree?
9. In what way does Raphael say woman is inferior to man?
10. What do you think the Creation story illustrates about good and evil?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Milton represents Paradise as he does? Is it more serious than modern day representations? What sort of tone does Milton's Paradise give to the poem? How would this tone change if you swapped Milton's representation for a more modern day representation?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the impact of good and evil within our culture. Do the students think representations of good and evil have had a negative impact on society? Does the division of good and evil make things simpler than what they are? Does Milton subvert any ideas of good and evil in Paradise Lost. How much has the representation of good and evil changed since the 17th Century?
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Milton represents Hell as he does? Is it more serious than modern day representations? What sort of tone does Milton's Hell give to the poem? How would this tone change if you swapped Milton's representation for a more modern day representation?
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