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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. How many days does Satan think it will take to destroy Eden?

2. What is Eve amazed that the serpent can do?

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

4. What does Adam realize is the highest victory?

5. Into what have Satan's followers been transformed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Satan's followers meet his announcement that they have destroyed God's creation?

2. Why did God create another world?

3. What will happen when a tyrant rises?

4. How do the angels comfort Adam?

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

6. What does Adam see in the field?

7. What has Adam learned from his experience?

8. Why does God create man and woman?

9. In what way are angels similar to humans?

10. Why does God not stop Satan from destroying paradise?

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

Paradise Lost is written in the third person. Why do you think Milton chose to write the poem in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the poem would have changed if it were written in the first person?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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