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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 does the Son of God need to be made into in order to act as a sacrifice?

2. With what does God say Satan will pervert mankind?

3. What argument does Satan set before his followers?

4. What is the name of the female monster?

5. With whom does Satan say people will have equal favor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can Satan not be redeemed?

2. How does Satan think they can defeat God?

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

4. How will the Son of God be rewarded for making himself a sacrifice?

5. Why will man's fall be the fault of man?

6. What does Beezlebub advise?

7. Why does Satan choose Eve as his victim?

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

9. How does Adam comfort Eve when she worries about her dream?

10. For what is Satan's battle with God a metaphor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Satan and God.

1) Are they both black-and-white representations of good and evil or are they more complex?

2) What is their relationship to each other? Is their rivalry only Satan's side?

Essay Topic 2

Paradise lost is made up of 12 books. Examine the structure of the poem.

1) How does Milton develop the theme of good and evil?

2) Why do Milton actually mention that the story is changing into a tragedy?

3) How does the structure subvert what we already know about the story of the Fall of Man?

Essay Topic 3

What is blank verse? What meaning do the students think it can convey in comparison to lyric poetry? Why do the students think John Milton uses blank verse in Paradise Lost? What kind of texture does it give the poem?

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