3401. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE concerning Puritanism ?
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A. A and B

B. There is an emphasis on the importance of preaching.

C. There is an emphasis on spiritual experience.

D. There is an emphasis on the freedom of sexual expression.

3402. What is the name of the sister of William Wordsworth, who is also a poet and diarist ?
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A. Anna Wordsworth

B. Dorothy Wordsworth

C. Shirley Wordsworth

D. Agnes Wordsworth

3410. Adam, Satan, and Eve herself are all dazzled by Eves______________?
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A. Hard work and spirituality

B. Beauty

C. Wit

D. Intelligence

3411. Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning John Miltons poetry ?
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A. He followed the Petrarchan rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form.

B. He followed the Spenserian rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form.

C. He followed the Shakespearean rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form.

D. He followed the Spenserian rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form.

3413. The fruit of which tree were Adam and Eve forbidden to eat ?
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A. Tree of God

B. Tree of Sin

C. Tree of Knowledge

D. Tree of Life

3419. Denied the right to apply for divorce and facing intense humiliation, John Milton wrote what work ?
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A. On Regicide

B. Paradise Lost

C. The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce

D. Christian Doctrines

3420. The pastoral elegy often begins with which of the following poetic conventions ?
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A. A and B

B. A cry of lament

C. Invocation of a muse

D. Prayer to the Sun

3421. Which angel tells Adam about the future in Books XI and XII ?
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A. None of the above

B. Raphael

C. Uriel

D. Michael
3423. Which devil is Satans second-incommand ?
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A. Mammon

B. Sin

C. Beezelbub

D. Moloch

3424. After they have both eaten from the Tree of Knowledge, the first thing Adam and Eve do is______________?
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A. Ask forgiveness from God

B. Put some clothes on

C. Blame each other for their Fall

D. Satisfy their sexual desire for each other
3425. Which of the following are King Lears daughters ?
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A. Regan, Cordelia and Beatrice

B. Desdemona, Goneril and Cordelia

C. Goneril, Ophelia and Regan

D. Goneril, Regan and Cordelia
3427. What is Miltons stated purpose in Paradise Lost ?
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A. To make his story hard to understand

B. To argue against the doctrine of predestination

C. To justify the ways of God to men

D. To assert his superiority to other poets

3430. Who was killed by Hamlet unintentionally ?
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A. Horatio

B. Leartus

C. Polonius

D. Forinbras

3432. When was William Shakespeare baptized ?
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A. 24 July1564

B. 26 April 1564

C. 16 April 1564

D. 26 August 1564

3434. Paradise Lost is considered a______________?
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A. First Person Narrative

B. Novel

C. Short Story

D. Epic Poem
3435. which famous Shakespeare play does the quote The first thing we do, lets kill all the lawyers come from ?
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A. Pericles, Prince of Tyre

B. Othello, the Moor of Venice

C. The Merry Wives of Windsor

D. King Henry the Sixth, Part II
3439. In the phrase, thy seed shall bruise our foe, the seed refers to______________?
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A. Cane and Abel

B. Jesus Christ

C. Adam

D. The Tree of Knowledge

3440. Milton in Samson Agonistes uses a Chorus, which he borrows from what previous genre ?
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A. French Chanson de Gestes

B. Greek Epic

C. Greek Drama

D. Medieval Mystery Plays

3441. was the companion in publication to John Miltons Paradise Regained. ?
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A. Samson Agonistes

B. Paradise Lost

C. Areopagitica

D. On Christian Doctrine

3443. Tennysons poem In Memoriamwas written in memory of ?
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A. P.B Shelley

B. A.H. Hallam

C. Wellington

D. Edward King

3446. John Miltons Areopagitica is best described by which of the following genres ?
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A. Prose polemic

B. Pastoral elegy

C. Masque

D. Blank verse tragedy

3447. Everyday before the Fall Adam and Eve went out to work. What did their work consist of ?
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A. Hunting and gathering food

B. Naming all Gods creatures and plants

C. Building shelter to live in

D. Tending to the Garden of Eden
3448. The line To be or not to be comes from which play ?
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A. A Midsummer Nights dream

B. Hamlet

C. Twelfth Night

D. Macbeth

3449. What Biblical story acts as a springboard for John Miltons Paradise Regained ?
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A. The Ascension of Jesus

B. The story of Luke

C. The Baptism of Jesus

D. The Second Coming of Jesus