QUIZ 1: MILTON AND BUNYAN

When the poor lost their jobs and homes in rural areas, they went to newly industrialized areas where they often lived in slums.

T

Periodicals and the novel became popular as the more powerful middle class began to read.

T

Milton was born into a prosperous Puritan family.

T

Milton lost his sight in childhood.

F

Milton wrote pamphlets endorsing the death of kings.

T

John Bunyan studied the Bible carefully after the civil war.

T

John Bunyan was imprisoned because he was an Anglican minister.

F

The rhyme scheme of the following lines is _____.

High diddle diddle,The Cat and the Fiddle,The Cow jumped over the moon.The little Dog laughedTo see such craft,And the Dish ran away with the Spoon.

a, a, b, c, c, b

Select all that apply.

In "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity," Christ's birth causes _____.

classical oracles to be silenced

heavenly music

momentary peace on earth

In "On His Blindness," Milton regrets _____.

that his blindness restricts his work

In "On His Blindness," Milton finally assures himself that he will _____.

accept God's will and wait

As is expected in the epic genre, Paradise Lost begins with a(n) _____.

invocation of the muse

Adam, Noah, and Christ are all examples of _____.

the "one just man" concept

Milton's account of the Creation of the earth shows that _____.

God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit created the world with great love

Before Adam and Eve are led out of Eden, Michael shows Adam a vision in which Adam sees _____.

the future and Christ's redemption

Bunyan's writing was formed by his experience _____.

studying the Bible, preaching sermons, and serving in the army

Pilgrim's Progress is about a man who _____.

learns the way of salvation

A poet uses _____ at the end of lines to tie together thoughts and to produce pleasure with the repetitious sounds.

Rhyme

An Italian _____ poses a problem in the first eight lines, the octave, and resolves the problem in the last six lines, the sestet.

Sonnet

In "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity, the line, " Nature's covering herself with snow" is an example of

Personification

The line, "The blazing brightness of her beauties became," contains examples of

Alliteration

Check five of the things in Milton's personal life that influenced his writing.

mother's death

death of wives

Puritan background

blindness

friend's death

In the sonnet "On His Blindness," what does Milton mean in the last line, "They also serve who only stand and wait"?

Even those with physical limitations can serve God by submitting to His will.

Abdiel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and Christ are all examples of the what type in Paradise Lost?

"One just man"

A story in which things represent parts of a doctrine or theme is an

Allegory

How are Bunyan's characters in Pilgrim's Progress more than just symbols?

They are individuals described with realistic details.

Something that stands for something else is a(n)

Symbol