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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. After whose image has Eve been fashioned?

2. What time do Adam and Eve agree to meet?

3. What will happen when the church becomes corrupted?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does God create another world?

3. Why does God create man and woman?

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

5. Why did God create another world?

6. What will happen when a tyrant rises?

7. How do the angels comfort Adam?

8. Why does Adam still feel hope?

9. What do you think the Creation story illustrates about good and evil?

10. How will man get to the promised land?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the Fall of Man story that the poem was based upon. What are the similarities between the poem and the story? How much has Milton changed the story? Does Milton's poem have a different meaning from the story in Genesis?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Milton's style. How long is each line and verse? What kind of language does Milton use? How does Milton develop a rhythm to the poem? What meaning does his style give the book?

Essay Topic 3

Satan destroys God's creation because he wants to be heard and not ordered. Do you think Milton represents God as someone who refuses to listen? Does God oppress Satan and his followers? Can you understand why Satan revolted against heaven?

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