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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 time do Adam and Eve agree to meet?

2. How do Satan's followers respond to his victory?

3. What does the Son of God use to draw the circumference of Heaven and Earth?

4. What is happening to the people in the lazar-house?

5. Where do Moses and Aaron find their new nation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did God create another world?

2. How does the serpent persuade Eve to eat from the tree?

3. What does Adam see in the field?

4. In what way does Raphael say woman is inferior to man?

5. Why does Adam still feel hope?

6. What will happen when a tyrant rises?

7. How will Jesus save mankind?

8. How do the angels comfort Adam?

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Milton represents Paradise as he does? Is it more serious than modern day representations? What sort of tone does Milton's Paradise give to the poem? How would this tone change if you swapped Milton's representation for a more modern day representation?

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