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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 volunteers to create havoc to God's new creation?

2. Who guards the gates of hell?

3. Abdiel say the ruler should be chosen by _________.

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

5. Why was Satan cast out of heaven?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How can the Son of God defeat evil?

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

5. How do the spirits of Hell amuse themselves while Satan is away?

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

7. What does Belial argue?

8. Of what does Raphael remind Adam and Eve?

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

10. What does Moloch advise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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