4902. In which style did John Milton write the poem Paradise Lost ?
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A. Free verse

B. Vers libre

C. blank verse

D. Regular meter

4903. John Miltons Samson Agonistes is best described by which of the following genres ?
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A. Masque

B. Pastoral elegy

C. Blank verse tragedy

D. Prose polemic

4906. Who does Milton name as his heavenly muse ?
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A. Virgil

B. Urania

C. Titania

D. Michael

4909. From where Christopher Marlowe received his early Education ?
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A. Corpus Christi College

B. Cambridge

C. oxford

D. witternburg

4910. When was John Keats born?
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A. 30 April 1789

B. 25 December 1767

C. 31 October 1795

D. 22 November 1756

4911. The foundation story of John Miltons Paradise Lost derives from what text ?
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A. The Book of Genesis

B. The Odyssey

C. The Book of Revelations

D. Canterbury Tales

4912. When was Paradise Lost published ?
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A. 1669

B. 1667

C. 1651

D. 1639

4914. Which poet was first who used metaphysical poetry among his contemporaries ?
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A. John Milton

B. Edmund Spenser

C. Sir Philip Sidney

D. John Donne
4915. Near the end of Samson Agonistes, Samson has decided not to perform for attendants at a certain event when (starting with line 1381) he suddenly reverses positions and agrees to go. Why does he do this ?
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A. He experiences some rousing motions which might be from God.

B. He wishes to see Dalila one last time in the crowd.

C. Manoa convinces him to do it or the Philistines will execute Samson.

D. The Chorus demands he stay in his prison cell and Samson reacts against them.

4916. Samson Agonistes is described as a Closet Drama, which means_______________?
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A. it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage.

B. people will read it in secret and not publically admit they read it.

C. it was written to be acted in a church.

D. it can be acted out on a very small stage.

4918. To which theater was Christopher Marlow associated with ?
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A. English Renaissance theatre

B. English Puritan theatre

C. English Neo-Classical theatre

D. Restoration theatre

4919. Through his magic, Faustus is visited first by which of the devils angels ?
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A. none of the above

B. beelzebub

C. Aamon

D. Mephastophilis
4920. In 1660, after the Restoration, Milton suffered which of the following punishments ?
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A. His left index finger was chopped off.

B. He was imprisoned.

C. A and B

D. He was placed in the stocks for a week.

4921. When Satan leaps over the fence into Paradise, what does Milton liken him to ?
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A. A fish leaping out of water

B. A germ infecting a body

C. A snake slithering up a tree

D. A wolf leaping into a sheeps pen
4922. John Miltons Paradise Regained is written in a(n) style ?
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A. plain

B. luminescent

C. Sophistic

D. Latinate

4923. What is Christopher Marlowes Nationality ?
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A. American

B. British

C. German

D. Dutch

4928. In which place of England Christopher Marlow born ?
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A. London

B. Canterbury

C. Norflock

D. Warwick

4929. Which of the following elements DOES NOT characterize epic poetry ?
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A. An Arming of the Hero Scene

B. An Invocation to the Muse

C. An Epic Council

D. A Tragic Recognition Speech
4930. Marlowe born in______________?
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A. 1563

B. 1565

C. 1562

D. 1564
4931. Astrophel and Stella is a ?
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A. Epic

B. Allegory

C. Ballad

D. Sonnet
4933. Which one of the following dramas attributed to Christopher Marlow is believed to have been his first ?
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A. Dido, Queen of Carthage

B. The Jew of Malta

C. Edward the Second

D. Tamburlaine the Great

4934. On which Biblical theme that Paradise lost is based ?
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A. The fall of Lucifer

B. The genesis

C. The fall of man

D. Adam and Eve

4935. When was John Milton born ?
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A. 2 May 1614

B. 9 December 1608

C. 12 June 1628

D. 17 August 1612

4936. Early in Book Two of Paradise Regained, who yearns to see the missing Jesus (who has wandered into the desert) ?
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A. First Mary, then James and John

B. First Andrew and Simon (Peter), then Mary

C. First Peter, then Paul and Mary

D. First Mary, then Joseph

4937. What angel often speaks to Adam in Paradise ?
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A. Raphael

B. Pandosto

C. Baal

D. Michelangelo

4938. Who wrote The Massacre at Paris ?
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A. Shakespeare

B. Edmund Spenser

C. john Milton

D. Christopher Marlowe
4941. Which devil is Satans second-incommand ?
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A. Beezelbub

B. Sin

C. Moloch

D. Mammon

4942. Who wrote Holy Sonnets ?
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A. Edmund Spenser

B. John Milton

C. Shakespeare

D. John Donne
4943. From which institution did Christopher Marlow receive Bachelor of Arts degree in 1584 ?
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A. Oxford University

B. Corpus Christi College

C. Queens college

D. Trinity College

4945. Who translated Utopia in English language ?
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A. Ralph Robinson

B. Thomas More

C. Thomas lodge

D. William Tyndale

4946. Which of the following published in 1579 and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers ?
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A. The Shepherds calendar

B. Colin clouts come home again

C. Faerie queen, first three books

D. Faerie queen, second three books

4949. Which is the first extant poem of John Keats, which is written in the year 1814 when when was 19 years of age ?
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A. La Belle Dame Sans Mercy

B. Ode on a Grecian Urn

C. An Imitation of Spenser

D. Ode to a Skylark