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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 happens when Satan's followers eat fruit from the trees?

2. After whose image has Eve been fashioned?

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

4. What does Michael say will eventually happen to the church?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does the serpent explain his human speech?

7. How do the angels comfort Adam?

8. What does Adam see in the field?

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

10. Why does Adam still feel hope?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Using examples to support your argument, discuss the following statement: "Milton's poem is not too close to the Bible story to express anything that is different."

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