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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. Where do Moses and Aaron find their new nation?

2. What will proclaim the savior's coming?

3. How are the reaper and the shepherd related to Adam?

4. Where did God send Raphael while he created earth?

5. What does Adam remind Eve in Book 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Adam see in the field?

3. Why does Adam also decide to eat the fruit?

4. Why did God create another world?

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

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

7. How do the angels comfort Adam?

8. What is Adam's reason for wanting a mate?

9. How will man get to the promised land?

10. How does God create another world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick two different settings in the novel and discuss how different characters act in different settings and the reasons why. For example, what is it about Paradise that makes Satan so uncomfortable?

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

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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