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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. From who will the new nation spring?

2. What was the first thing Adam asked the animals?

3. What does Adam realize is the highest victory?

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

5. Why is woman inferior to man?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What will happen when a tyrant rises?

4. Why did God create another world?

5. What does Adam see on the plain?

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

7. How will Jesus save mankind?

8. Why does Adam still feel hope?

9. What has Adam learned from his experience?

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

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine the impact of good and evil within our culture. Do the students think representations of good and evil have had a negative impact on society? Does the division of good and evil make things simpler than what they are? Does Milton subvert any ideas of good and evil in Paradise Lost. How much has the representation of good and evil changed since the 17th Century?

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