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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. Why does Michael say the tyrant will build a tower?

2. What story does Adam now ask Raphael to tell?

3. Over what do Sin and Death build a bridge?

4. What reason does Adam give for hiding?

5. What does Michael say the tyrant and his followers will build?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Adam and Eve come to terms with leaving paradise?

2. How does the serpent explain his human speech?

3. In what way are angels similar to humans?

4. How do the angels comfort Adam?

5. Why does Adam want Eve to stay with him?

6. What does Adam see in the field?

7. What do you think the Creation story illustrates about good and evil?

8. Why does God create man and woman?

9. How does God create another world?

10. What does Raphael say is man's place in the world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the Fall of Man story that the poem was based upon. What are the similarities between the poem and the story? How much has Milton changed the story? Does Milton's poem have a different meaning from the story in Genesis?

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

Examine Milton's style. How long is each line and verse? What kind of language does Milton use? How does Milton develop a rhythm to the poem? What meaning does his style give the book?

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