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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. Who names the animals?

3. What does Adam reluctantly agree for Eve to do?

4. What does Adam realize is the highest victory?

5. How does God punish the serpent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How will man get to the promised land?

2. How do the angels comfort Adam?

3. Why does Adam still feel hope?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Adam see on the plain?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the characters from the poem.

1) What is the character's background.

2) What are the character's motivation and goals?

3) What do you think the character adds to the story? How would the poem change if the character were taken away?

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