MCQs s-life and works of Milton
1. Milton was born in which year?
A. 1608
B. 1615
C. 1599
D. 1623
2. Milton was educated at:
A. Oxford
B. Cambridge
C. The Sorbonne
D. Wittenberg
3. Which political cause did Milton
passionately support?
A. Absolute monarchy
B. Puritan Republic/Commonwealth
C. Feudalism
D. Jacobite rebellions
4. Milton served as __________ under Oliver
Cromwell's government.
A. Poet Laureate
B. Secretary for Foreign Tongues
C. Royal Chaplain
D. Treasurer
5.Who placed Edmund Spenser as Milton's
precursor, and saw himself as Milton's poetical son.
A. Coleridge
B. Blake
C. Tennyson
D. Keats
6. Who said, “The Paradise lost though so fine
in itself is a corruption of our Language – it should be kept as it is unique –
a curiosity. a beautiful and grand Curiosity”
A. Eliot
B. Arnold
C. Tennyson
D. Keats
7. John Keats modelled his fragmented/ abandoned
epic poem Hyperion on:
A. Milton’s Paradise Lost
B. Homer’s Odyssey
C. Virgil’s Aeneid
D. Dante’s Divine Comedy
8. What is Milton’s On the Nativity of Christ?
A. A sonnet
B. A lyric
C. An Idyll
D. An Ode
9. The phrase "darkness visible"
appears in:
A. Paradise Lost (Book I)
B. Comus
C. On His Blindness
D. Areopagitica
10.Milton's first wife was named:
A. Katherine Woodcock
B. Mary Powell
C. Elizabeth Minshull
D. Anne Bradstreet
11. In Paradise Lost, the character who famously
says, "The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of
Hell, a Hell of Heaven,":
A. God
B. Adam
C. Satan
D. Michael
12. The phrase "two-handed engine"
appears in
A. "Lycidas"
B. "Paradise Lost"
C. "Samson Agonistes"
D. "Areopagitica"
13. Which of the following is NOT a work by
John Milton?
A. Paradise Lost
B. Paradise Regained
C. Samson Agonistes
D. Robinson Crusoe
14. John Milton is considered a major figure
in which literary movement?
A. Renaissance
B. Romanticism
C. Realism
D. Modernism
15. Which famous sonnet did John Milton write?
A. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's
day?"
B. "How do I love thee? Let me count the
ways."
C. "When I consider how my light is
spent"
D. "My mistress' eyes are nothing like
the sun"
16. The poem "When I consider how my
light is spent" is also known as
A. On His Blindness
B. On Education
C. On Arriving at the age of 23
D. On Politics
17. Which of the following poems is an
acrostic poem?
A. Paradise Lost
B. L'Allegro
C. On His Blindness
D. Lycidas
18. On His Blindness is a:
A. Shakespearean sonnet
B. Petrarchan sonnet
C. Spenserian sonnet
D. Miltonic sonnet
19. What is the subject of John Milton's epic
poem "Paradise Lost"?
A. The fall of man from paradise
B. The life of Jesus Christ
C. The story of the Trojan War
D. The adventures of King Arthur
20. John Milton's "Areopagitica" is
a defense of:
A. Freedom of speech and press
B. The divine right of kings
C. The power of the Church
D. The restoration of monarchy
21. Areopagitica opposes:
A. Monarchy
B. Pre-publication censorship
C. Church taxes
D. Theater closures
22. What is the subject of John Milton's play
"Samson Agonistes"?
A. The story of Samson from the Bible
B. The life of Jesus Christ
C. The Trojan War
D. The story of King Arthur
23. What was the main language in which John
Milton wrote his works?
A. Latin
B. Greek
C. English
D. French
24. Which book of Milton depicts the temptation of Christ in the wilderness?
A. Paradise Lost
B. Samson Agonistes
C. Paradise Regained
D. Areopagitica
25. Who described Milton’s Satan as "the most exalted and most depraved being" in Paradise Lost?
A. Samuel Johnson
B. William Blake
C. Joseph Addison
D. T.S. Eliot
26. John Milton's "Paradise
Regained" is a sequel to which work?
A. "Paradise Lost"
B. "Samson Agonistes"
C. "Lycidas"
D. "Areopagitica"
27. What is the subject of John Milton's poem
"Lycidas"?
A. The death of his friend
B. The fall of man from paradise
C. The life of Jesus Christ
D. The adventures of King Arthur
28. Which of the following is a famous line
from John Milton's poem "Paradise Lost"?
A. "To be or not to be, that is the
question"
B. "The child is the father of the
man"
C. "Better to reign in Hell than serve in
Heaven"
D. "Do not go gentle into that good
night"
29. What was the religious background of John
Milton?
A. Protestant
B. Catholic
C. Jewish
D. Atheist
30. Fill in the blank: “Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, / For ............, your sorrow, is not dead.”
A. Adonais
B. Lycidas
C. Thyrsis
D. Comus
31. Which two works of John Milton were published together in the same year, 1971?
A. Paradise Lost and Areopagitica
B. Lycidas and Comus
C. Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes
D. On Shakespeare and On His Blindness
32. Which of the following works by John
Milton is an example of pastoral literature?
A. "Lycidas"
B. "Paradise Lost"
C. "Samson Agonistes"
D. "Areopagitica"
33. John Milton's "Paradise Lost" is
written in what form of verse?
A. Sonnet
B. Haiku
C. Blank verse
D. Free verse
34. What was the name of John Milton's third
wife?
A. Mary Powell
B. Elizabeth (Betty) Minshull
C. Katherine Woodcock
D. Abigail Williams
35. Which of the following is NOT a work by
John Milton?
A. "Comus"
B. "Paradise Regained"
C. "The Faerie Queene"
D. "L'Allegro"
36. What was John Milton's occupation before
he became a writer?
A. Scrivener
B. Doctor
C. Priest
D. Teacher
37. What was the title of John Milton's
earliest poem written in 1629?
A. "L'Allegro"
B. "Il Penseroso"
C. "On the Morning of Christ's
Nativity"
D. "Comus"
38. What was the subject of John Milton's poem
"L'Allegro"?
A. Joy and merriment
B. Sadness and melancholy
C. Love and romance
D. Politics and government
39. What was the title of John Milton's epic
poem about the fall of man?
A. "Paradise Regained"
B. "Comus"
C. "Lycidas"
D. "Paradise Lost"
40. What was the title of John Milton's play
about a young woman who is seduced by a sorcerer?
A. "Comus"
B. "L'Allegro"
C. "Il Penseroso"
D. "Samson Agonistes"
41. What was the title of John Milton's poem
about the death of his friend, Edward King?
A. "Lycidas"
B. "On His Blindness"
C. "When I Consider How My Light Is
Spent"
D. "On the Morning of Christ's
Nativity"
42. What was the title of John Milton's
pamphlet in support of the execution of King Charles I?
A. "The Tenure of Kings and
Magistrates"
B. "Areopagitica"
C. "Lycidas"
D. "On the Late Massacre in
Piedmont"
43. What is the
meaning of “Il Penseroso”?
A. A very lively man
B. A very brave man
C. A very melancholy man
D. A very tolerant man
44. Milton's De Doctrina Christiana was:
A. A Latin treatise on theology
B. A defense of monarchy
C. A collection of love poems
D. A guide to poetry
45. Milton's Comus is a:
A. Masque
B. Tragedy
C. Satirical play
D. Epic
46. The line "They also serve who only
stand and wait" concludes:
A. Lycidas
B. On His Blindness
C. On Shakespeare
D. To the Lord General Cromwell
47. Milton's Ode on the Morning of Christ's
Nativity connects:
A. Incarnation and Crucifixion
B. Resurrection and Ascension
C. Creation and Flood
D. Temptation and Judgment
48. Milton's first published English poem
appeared in:
A. Paradise Lost
B. Shakespeare's Second Folio
C. Poems of Mr. John Milton (1645)
D. Lycidas pamphlet
49. In On Shakespeare, Milton addresses him
as:
A. "Sweet swan of Avon"
B. "Dear son of memory"
C. "Star of poets"
D. "Immortal bard"
50. The opening line of On His Being Arrived
to the Age of Twenty-Three compares Time to:
A. A river
B. A thief on wings
C. A relentless wheel
D. A fading shadow
51. L'Allegro and Il Penseroso are called
"twin poems" because they contrast:
A. Day (sunrise) and night (moon)
B. Youth and old age
C. War and peace
D. City and country
52. Comus is set in:
A. A royal court
B. Ludlow Castle's woods
C. Hell's pandemonium
D. Eden's borders
53. Milton's last published works (1671) were:
A. Paradise Lost and Areopagitica
B. Paradise Regained and Samson
Agonistes
C. Lycidas and L'Allegro
D. On Education and History of Britain
54. In 1732, the classical scholar Richard Bentley, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, produced an 'emended' edition of:
A. Shakespeare's First Folio
B. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
C. Milton's Paradise Lost
D. Spenser's Faerie Queene
55. Paradise Lost opens in medias res in:
A. Eden
B. Heaven's war
C. Hell's council
D. Chaos
56. Who claimed Milton was "of the
Devil's party without knowing it"?
A. Coleridge
B. Blake
C. Tennyson
D. Keats
57 How many English sonnets in all were (out of his 25 sonnets) written by Milton?
A. 21
B. 18
C. 26
D. 24
58. “Milton! thou shouldst be living at this
hour: England hath need of thee” is a famous line on Milton by?
A. Coleridge
B. Wordsworth
C. Tennyson
D. Keats
59. Who said of Milton: “Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart” in his sonnet ‘London, 1802”?
A. Matthew Arnold
B. Wordsworth
C. Dr. Johnson
D. Keats
60. “Milton! thou shouldst be living at this
hour: England hath need of thee” is a famous line on Milton from?
A. London, 1802
B. Milton, 1802
C. London, 1803
D. Milton, 1803
61. The influence of Paradise Lost is
seen in Alexander Pope’s translations of……… ?
A. Tasso
B. Virgil
C. Homer
D. Dante
62. Byron’s Cain: A Mystery (1821) was profoundly influenced by Milton’s:
A. Lycidas
B. Samson Agonistes
C. Paradise Lost
D. Areopagitica
63. Tennyson called Lycidas:
A. "England's epic"
B. "Touchstone of poetic
taste"
C. "Grand style perfected"
D. "God-gifted voice"
64. Lycidas is a pastoral elegy written by Milton on the death of his friend:
A. Edward King
B. Cromwell
C. Arthur Hallam
D. Lord Fairfax
65. Milton borrowed the idea/theme for Comus from:
A. Homer’s Iliad
B. Virgil’s Aeneid
C. Homer’s Odyssey
D. Spenser’s Fairie
Queene
66. Milton's prose work On Divorce argues for:
A. Mutual incompatibility as grounds
B. Royal approval
C. Church mediation
D. Female-initiated suits
67. How many times did Milton marry?
A. Three times
B. Two times
C. Only once
D. Did not marry at all
68. Milton become blind, (by the year 1652)?
A. At the age of 38
B. At the age of 43
C. At the age of 40
D. At the age of 48
69. Milton died in:
A. 1674
B. 1660
C. 1688
D. 1651
70. Milton lived through:
A. The Caroline Age
B. The Puritan Age
C. Restoration Ages
D. All the above
71. “Before the greatness displayed in Milton’s poem, all other greatness shrinks away. The weakest of his agents are the highest and noblest of human beings, the original parents of mankind.” Who admires Milton’s Paradise Lost in these words?
A. Dryden
B. Johnson
C. Eliot
D. Hazlitt
72. Milton’s Samson Agonistes is:
A. A poetic play
B. A poetic Biography of Samson
C. An Epic
D. A narrative poem
73. In Milton’s Samson
Agonistes, What is the name of Samson's wife, who betrayed Samson by ordering a
servant to cut his hair while he slept.
A. Helen
B. Prosperpine
C. Delilah
D. Rosalind
74. Who accused Milton
of “callousness to the intrinsic nature of English”
A. Samuel Johnson
B. F R Leavis
C. Joseph Addison
D. T.S. Eliot
75. On His Deceased Wife is a sonnet on the death of Milton’s wife named…………..
A. Elizabeth Minshull
B. Mary Powell
C. Not certain
D. Katherine Woodcock
76. In Milton’s famous Masque Comus, Comus is the son of the wine god Bacchus and the sorceress named …………. ?
A. Circe
B. Sabrina
C. Jove
D. The Lady
77. What is the meaning of the title in Milton’s L’Allegro?
A. A very hopeful man
B. A very melancholy man
C. A very jealous man
D. A very cheerful man
78. Which of the following correctly orders John Milton’s works from earliest to latest?
A. Lycidas→ Areopagitica → Paradise Lost → Samson Agonistes
B. Paradise Lost → Lycidas → Samson Agonistes → Areopagitica
C. Areopagitica → Samson Agonistes → Paradise Lost → Lycidas
D. Samson Agonistes → Paradise Lost → Areopagitica
→ Lycidas
79. “They also serve who only stand and wait.” is the concluding line of in Milton’s………… ?
A. To Lord General Fairfax
B. To Lord General Cromwell
C. To Sir Henry Vane
D. On His Blindness
80. The famous line: “Fame is the last infirmity of appears in Milton’s?
A. Lycidas
B. Paradise Lost
C. Paradise Regained
D. Samson Agonistes
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1. A |
2. B |
3. B |
4. B |
5. B |
6. D |
7. A |
8. D |
9. A |
10. B |
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11. C |
12. A |
13. D |
14. A |
15. C |
16. A |
17. C |
18. B |
19. A |
20. A |
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21. B |
22. A |
23. C |
24. C |
25. C |
26. A |
27. A |
28. C |
29. A |
30. B |
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31. C |
32. A |
33. C |
34. B |
35. C |
36. A |
37. C |
38. A |
39. D |
40. A |
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41. A |
42. A |
43. C |
44. A |
45. A |
46. B |
47. A |
48. B |
49. B |
50. B |
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51. A |
52. B |
53. B |
54. C |
55. C |
56. A |
57. A |
58. A |
59. A |
60. A |
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61. C |
62. C |
63. B |
64. A |
65. C |
66. A |
67. A |
68. B |
69. A |
70. D |
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71. B |
72. A |
73. C |
74. B |
75. D |
76. A |
77. D |
78. A |
79. D |
80. A |
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