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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. How is Satan turned back to his original form?

2. What is the name of the female monster?

3. What has God limited so the armies cannot cause too much destruction?

4. Why does Moloch suggest an open war?

5. Which two angels are sent to lead God's army?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the spirits of Hell amuse themselves while Satan is away?

2. Why can Satan not be redeemed?

3. Describe Eve's bad dream in Book 5.

4. How does Satan motivate his troops in Book 6?

5. How does Satan think they can defeat God?

6. Of what does Raphael remind Adam and Eve?

7. For what is Satan's battle with God a metaphor?

8. Who are the Chief Demons?

9. Why is the knowledge of information different from the knowledge of experience?

10. Why will man's fall be the fault of man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Milton wrote Paradise Lost in the 17th Century. Think about the world and, in particular, Britain during this period and discuss whether the book reflects what was happening.

1) What are the book's themes? Do they relate to Britain's political or social environment in the 17th Century? If so, how?

2) Is Milton's vision a direct result of what was happening in the world at that time?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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