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Paradise Lost Trivia Quiz

This is a Quiz about John Milton's "Paradise Lost". I thought I'd write a quiz about it, being that it's an amazing book.

A multiple-choice quiz by jinni. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
jinni

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
305,824

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
575

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is Milton's main weakness? He is _____.

Answer: (One Word; condition)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Milton invokes the muses in "Paradise Lost".

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. What did God do to invoke Satan's disobedience in "Paradise Lost"? Hint

appoint the Son

tempt him

punish him

all of these

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Question 4 of 10

4. In "Paradise Lost", Satan and his fallen ones cannot redeem themselves.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. Satan is portrayed as being wholly evil in "Paradise Lost".

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Complete the memorable quote from "Paradise Lost": "He for God only, she for _____
__ ____"?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Name the one Seraph who stands up to Satan in the name of God in "Paradise Lost". Hint

Raphael

Abdiel

Gabriel

Michael

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Question 8 of 10

8. Name Satan's daughter, according to "Paradise Lost".

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Name Satan's son in "Paradise Lost".

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. In "Paradise Lost", Adam forgives Eve for her sin.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Milton's main weakness? He is _____.

Answer: blind

Milton is blind, and he expresses this quite bitterly, speaking of God:

"thou/
Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain/
To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn." (iii)

Milton expresses this several times.

2. Milton invokes the muses in "Paradise Lost".

Answer: True

Many many times, like once every few books or so, he takes a break to speak of his troubles and his problems, and invokes the Muses. "O Heavenly Muse..."

3. What did God do to invoke Satan's disobedience in "Paradise Lost"?

Answer: appoint the Son

God appoints the Son to tempt Satan, and incited him to disobedience. Then he punished him, creating a never-ending cycle of disobedience.

4. In "Paradise Lost", Satan and his fallen ones cannot redeem themselves.

Answer: True

"Him who disobeys/
Me disobeys, breaks union, and that day/
Cast out from God and blessed vision, falls/
Into utter darkness, deep engulfed, his place/
Ordained without redemption, without end." (v)

5. Satan is portrayed as being wholly evil in "Paradise Lost".

Answer: False

Satan shows some good characteristics, i.e. remorse, and love for God, but is overcome by hopelessness and thus rage.

6. Complete the memorable quote from "Paradise Lost": "He for God only, she for _____ __ ____"?

Answer: God in him

It's in book iv, where Adam and Eve are first introduced:

"For contemplation he and valour formed,/
For softness she and sweet attractive grace,/
He for God only, she for God in him." (iv)

7. Name the one Seraph who stands up to Satan in the name of God in "Paradise Lost".

Answer: Abdiel

He is but a lowly Seraph, and still remains true to God, when everyone else is swayed by Satan's argument.

"Among the faithless, faithful only he;/
Among innumerable false, unmoved,/
Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified,/
His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal." (v)

8. Name Satan's daughter, according to "Paradise Lost".

Answer: Sin

Ironic huh? Satan's daughter is Sin, sprung from his thoughts. Sin is seemingly beautiful, but a hideous monster in truth.

"The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair,/
But ended foul in many a scaly fold." (ii)

9. Name Satan's son in "Paradise Lost".

Answer: Death

Strangely enough, Satan had a relationship with his own daughter, Sin, and of that union begot a son, Death, who raped his mother...

10. In "Paradise Lost", Adam forgives Eve for her sin.

Answer: True

It takes a while, but he forgives her, love overcomes all, and they face their doom together, strong in the face of disaster.

Source: Author jinni

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