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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 was the first thing Adam asked the animals?

2. What does God say on the first day?

3. From where does Michael say men's woes come?

4. To what tree does the serpent lead Eve?

5. By whom has the poet been inspired?

Short Essay Questions

1. What will happen when a tyrant rises?

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

3. What does Adam see in the field?

4. Why does Adam still feel hope?

5. What will be Adam and Eve's punishment?

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

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

8. How will Jesus save mankind?

9. What has Adam learned from his experience?

10. Why does God create man and woman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Milton presents Satan's main problem as his pride. When does pride become destructive? Are people only proud of what they have achieved? How is Satan proud?

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