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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. Which of Satan's followers suggests they increase their power with machines?

2. For what does Satan say he is fighting?

3. How is Satan turned back to his original form?

4. What is the name of Satan's palace?

5. Whose assistance does the narrator ask for in the retelling of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Satan troubled with as he comes down from the sky?

2. How can the Son of God defeat evil?

3. How does Satan motivate his troops in Book 6?

4. What theme does the Son of God's sacrifice introduce?

5. How does Satan think they can defeat God?

6. What is Satan's role in Paradise Lost?

7. Why must Adam and Eve be able to choose their own fate?

8. Why can Satan not be redeemed?

9. Who are the Chief Demons?

10. Why does Satan think it is best to stay in Hell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paradise Lost is written in the third person. Why do you think Milton chose to write the poem in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the poem would have changed if it were written in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

Milton wrote Paradise Lost in the 17th Century. Think about the world and, in particular, Britain during this period and discuss whether the book reflects what was happening.

1) What are the book's themes? Do they relate to Britain's political or social environment in the 17th Century? If so, how?

2) Is Milton's vision a direct result of what was happening in the world at that time?

Essay Topic 3

Pick two different settings in the novel and discuss how different characters act in different settings and the reasons why. For example, what is it about Paradise that makes Satan so uncomfortable?

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