View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does God say will happen to Adam if he eats from the tree of knowledge?

2. What punishment does God give Eve?

3. Why did God send Raphael to Hell while he created earth?

4. From whom does Eve prefer to learn?

5. Over what do Sin and Death build a bridge?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What will happen when a tyrant rises?

5. What does Adam see on the plain?

6. Why does Adam still feel hope?

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

8. How do the angels comfort Adam?

9. How does the serpent explain his human speech?

10. What does Raphael say is man's place in the world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Use examples from the poem to argue for or against the following statement: "Milton makes Satan a complex and almost likable character in order to express the complexity of good and evil."

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 793 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample