Important MCQs on Milton

 1-Milton lived through

A- The Caroline, Commonwealth, and Restoration Ages

B- The Caroline, Commonwealth Ages

C-None

 

2-Which of the following is a Masque written Milton?

A-Comus

B-Lycidas

C-Aereopagtica

D-None

 

3-What post did Milton hold during the Commonwealth Government?

A-Latin Secretary

B-Puritan Secretary

C-Personal Secretary

D-None

 

4-At what age did Milton become blind?

A-44

B-45

C-47

D-48

 

5-How many times did Milton marry?

A-Three Times

B-Two Times

C-Only Once

D-Six

 

6-How many books are there in Paradise Lost?

A-12

B-11

C-15

D-18

 

7-Milton’s Samson Agonistes is

A-A poetic play

B- An Epic

C-A Poetic Biography of Samson

D-A Narrative

 

8-Milton wrote Areopagitica

A– to defend people’s Freedom of Speech

B- to defend the cause of the Regicides

C-Both

D-None

 

9-Name the woman Samson Agonistes loved and who betrayed him

A-Delilah

B-Prosperipne

C-Helen

D-Rosalind

 

10-In which book of Paradise Lost Adam and Eve meet for the first time?

A-Book IV

B-Book II

C-Book III

D-Book I

 

11-”Fame is the last infirmity of the noble mind” In which poem of Milton does this line occur?

A- Lycidas

B-Comus

C-Paradise Regained

D-Samson Agonistes

 

12-Lycidas is a pastoral elegy written by Milton on the death of his friend

A-Edward King

B- Arthur King

C-Both

D-None

 

13-Who said of Milton: ”Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart”

A-Wordsworth

B-Matthew Arnold

C-Dr.Johnson

D-Keats

 

14-”Milton, thou shouldest be living at this hour”

A-Wordsworth

B-Odyssey

C-Faerie Queene

D-None

 

15-Milton’s Paradise Lost is divided into the same number of Books as

A-Divine Comedy

B- Iliad

C-Odyssey

D-Faerie Queene

 

16-Who is the next in command after Satan in Paradise Lost?

A-Beelzebub

B-Mammon

C-Moloch

D-Baalim

 

17-”What in me is dark illumine, what is low raise and support”

A- Book I

B-Book II

C-Book III

D-Book IV

 

18-Which book of Paradise Lost begins with an invocation to light?

A-Book III

B- Book II

C-Book IV

D-Book V

 

19-In which book of Paradise lost does Milton discuss the principles of Free Will and Divine Justice?

A- Book III

B-Book I

C-Book II

D-Book IV

 

20-How many English sonnets in all were written by Milton?

A-18

B-14

C-15

D-16

 

21-What is Milton’s Comus?

A- A Masque

B- A poetic Play

C- A Narrative Poem

D-An Elegy

 

22-”They also serve who only stand and wait” this line occurs in

A- On His Blindness

B- To lord general Cromwell

C- To lord general Fairfax

D-None

 

23- What is Milton’s on the Nativity of Christ?

A- An Ode

B- An Idyll

C- A lyric

D-A Sonnet

 

24-Milton has written a poem entitled L’Allegro. What is the meaning of the title?

A- A very Cheerful man

B- A very jealous man

C- A very dangerous man

D-None

 

25- Milton has written another poem entitled II Penseroso. What is the meaning of the title?

A- A very melancholy man

B- A very dangerous man

C- A very brave man

D- A very lively man

 

26-Milton borrowed the theme for comus from

A- Homer’s Odyssey

B- Spenser’s Fairie Queene

C- Virgil’s Aeneid

D- Homer’s Iliad

 

27-Milton derived the title for his Areopagitica from the Greek word ‘Areopagus’What was Areopagus?

A- A Greek hill where a tribunal for the liberty of speech was held

B- The Greek God of Liberty

C- Both

D-None

 

28-Milton wrote a large number of political pamphlets and treatises. What ere they called

A- Tracts

B- Observations

C- Reviews

D-None

 

29-The period know as the age of Milton

A-1625-1660

B-1650-1700

C-1685-1698

D-1458-1685

 

30-Milton’s poetry is a mirror in which the writer’s character is very clearly reflected” Who made this statement?

A-Macmillan

B-Verity

C-Himself

D-None

 

31-‘On the morning of Christ Nativity is a

A-Ode

B-Drama

C-Play

D-None

 

32- Who is the hero of Paradise lost

A-Satan

B-God

C-Adam

D-None

 

33-One of the following work of Milton is a prose work mention that

A-Arepoagitica

B-Paradise Lost

C-Lycidas

D-None

 

34-Paradise Regained was the work of

A- Milton

B-John

C- William Pit

D-None

 

35- Who of the following became blind

A- Milton

B- Shakespeare

C- Wordsworth

D-None

 

36- Who did Milton mary first

A-Mary Powell

B- Silas

C-Mary Dun

D-None

 

37- Which college did Milton attend

A-Christ’s College

B- London College

C-American College

D-Cambridge

 

38- Milton wrote How many English sonnets?

A-Six

B-Four

C-Five

D-Three

 

39-Lycides by Milton is written in the form of

A-Pastoral Elegy

B- Romance

C- Drama

D-None

 

40- Paradise lost was published in

A-1667

B-1505

C-1589

D-None

 

41- Who said’ the style of paradise lost is lofty and  exalted and show the influence of Latin writers

A-Leguois

B-Milton

C-Shakespeare

D-None

 

42-Milton early poetry is

A-Lyrical

B-Poetical

C-Prose

D-None

 

43-Who made the rhymed version of Paradise lost

A- Dryden

B-Pope

C-Swift

D-None

 

44-Who describe Milton as an ”Acrimonious and surly republican”

A-Samuel Johnson

B-Samuel Coleridge

C-Langland

D-None

 

45-Milton was an official servant at the court of

A- Oliver Cromwell

B-Charles I

C-James I

D- King Arthur II

 

46- What is the meaning of Samson Agonistes?

A-Wrestler

B-Army

C-Duck

D-None

 

47-Paradise Regained by Milton was

A-1771

B-1785

C-1798

D-1788

 

48- Who was the greatest prose writer of the age of Milton?

A-Francis Bacon

B- Milton

C- Langland

D-None

 

49-Paradise Reigned consist of

A-4 Books

B-2 Books

C-5 Books

D-8 Books

 

50- Who wrote the life of John Milton

A- A.N Wilson

B- Hudson

C- Arnold

D-None

John Milton Famous Works

Here are some of the important works of John Milton

1. On Shakespeare
2. Paradise Lost
3. Paradise Regained
4. Samson Agonistes
5. Lycidas
6. On the Morning of Christ Nativity
7. L’Allegro
8. II Penseroso
9. Of Reformation
10. Of Education
11. Areopagitica
12. A Treatise of Civil Power
13. Pomes and Several Occasion
14. The History of Britain
15. Of True Religion
16. A Brief History of Moscovia