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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. What did the angel next to the tree of knowledge tempt Eve to eat?

2. What is the name of Satan's second in command?

3. What does Satan say hypocrisy is?

4. Man be saved by _______.

5. Whose fault will it be if Satan sends Adam and Eve to Hell?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has God chosen knowledge as the forbidden fruit?

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

3. How do you think Satan has attracted followers onto his side?

4. Why can Satan not be redeemed?

5. What does Mammon suggest?

6. How does Satan raise his followers from the Lake of Fire?

7. In what does Hell have an advantage over Heaven?

8. Of what does Raphael remind Adam and Eve?

9. How did Satan rebel against God?

10. What does Belial argue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Satan destroys God's creation because he wants to be heard and not ordered. Do you think Milton represents God as someone who refuses to listen? Does God oppress Satan and his followers? Can you understand why Satan revolted against heaven?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the poem. Why do you think these themes are so important? How does Milton use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Examine blank verse.

1) What do you think blank verse expresses that other forms of poetry do not? How different would Paradise Lost be if it were written in lyrical form?

2) What kind of poets from the past and present have used blank verse? Why do you think though chose blank verse to express their ideas?

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