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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 is the name of Satan's palace?

2. What does God say is more difficult to bear than violence?

3. Who volunteers to be the sacrifice?

4. Who already lives in Paradise?

5. What do Adam and Eve have to do to dwell in heaven and paradise?

Short Essay Questions

1. What argument does Abdiel present to Satan?

2. How does Uriel recognize Satan as an evil spirit?

3. What does Belial argue?

4. How can the Son of God defeat evil?

5. What does Mammon suggest?

6. Why would machines be a good idea in Satan's fight against God?

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

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

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

10. What does Beezlebub advise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the characters from the poem.

1) What is the character's background.

2) What are the character's motivation and goals?

3) What do you think the character adds to the story? How would the poem change if the character were taken away?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the differences between the novel and poetry formats. What do the students think are the main elements of a novel? What do the students think are the main elements of a poem? What can novelists express that a poet cannot? How does a poet express deep character in so few words?

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