Paradise Lost:
1 The last line of Eve’s last speech in the epic refers to whom?
A) Adam
B) Christ
C) Satan
D) Her Future Children
2 In Book 10 in his harsh speech to Eve, what institution does Adam attack?
A) the government
B) the marriage
C) household
D) the church
3 Why does the fallen Satan dubiously claim that he can now wage war against heaven “with more successful hope” of defeating God?
A) because he now is much advanced in foresight (he now knows the full power of God’s strength)
B) he now knows the secret of God’s one weakness
C) he has come to realize that he can use Adam in his battle with God
D) he has plotted with Moloch a sneak attack that he believes will defeat God
4 Who, according to Satan, is the “son of despite”?
A) Christ
B) Belial
C) Adam
D) Moloch
5 In the beginning of Book IX, what is one epic that Milton claims his poem surpasses in terms of heroism (hint: we studied this epic in our course)?
A) Inferno
B) Odyssey
C) Sundiata
D) Ramayana
Resources:
Paradise Lost:
https://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/pl/book_1/text.shtml
- Book I: 1-26 (the invocation) and two of the fallen Satan’s speeches: 81-124, 242-270
- Book II: 1-470. the council scene
- Book IX: complete. The Fall from Eden
- Book X: 720-end of Book X. This selection begins with the despairing Adam but ends with real hope.
- Book XII: 552-649 (the end)
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