Author
Who wrote Paradise Lost?
John Milton
What characters says, "Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven."
Satan
What is the first thing Satan disguise himself as?
A Cherub
What two characters act as foils of each other?
Satan and Jesus
What historical text is Paradise Lost based on?
The book of Genesis
(the creation story)
What ideology did Milton believe in that his religion did not?
Free Will
Which character responds when God says, "Say, heavenly powers, where shall we find such love? Which of you will be mortal, to redeem Man's mortal crime, and just the unjust to save, Dwell's in all Heaven charity so dear?"
Jesus responds to him and volunteers to go to Earth.
Who is Satan's second in command?
Beelzebub
What imagery is used to depict the drastic opposites of Heaven and Hell?
Lightness and Darkness
How many books of Paradise Lost are there?
12 books
What Religion did Milton practice?
Puritanism
In book 3 what character says, "Whose fault? Whose but his own? Ingrate, he had of me. All he could have; I made him just and right; sufficient to have stood, though free to fall."
God says this
What is the name of the Angel that tries to keep Satan out of the Garden.
Gabriel
What literary device does Milton implore when he compares Satan's spear to the mast of a ship?
Simile
In what book is the fall of man depicted?
Book 9
In his Prose works, whose execution does Milton advocate for?
Charles I
Who is Adam talking to when he says, "best image of myself and dearer half, the trouble of thy thoughts this night in sleep affects me equally; nor can I live this uncouth dream, of evil spring I fear; yet evil whence? In thee can harbor none; created pure."
He is talking to Eve
Which angel leads the angelic forces against Satan and his followers in the battle in Heaven?
Michael
What rhetoric devices are used by Satan to get Eve to eat the apple?
Logos, Pathos, and Ethos
Paradise Lost claims that along with a social hierarchy there is also a spatial hierarchy based on the proximity to God and his grace. What is the order of the three layers of the universe from closest to God to furthest from God.
Heaven, Earth, Hell
What nickname did Milton receive while studying to be a minister?
Lady of Christ's College
What is the context of the quote, "of enemy hath beguiled thee, yet unknown, And me with thee hath ruined, for with certain my resolution is to die. How can I live without thee, how forgo thy sweet converse, and love so dearly joined. To live again in these wild woods forlorn?
Eve convincing Adam to Eat the Apple
Which demon of hell argues against further war with Heaven because he is an embodiment of inactivity and laziness?
Belial
What is the main theme of Paradise Lost?
The importance of obedience to God
What is the latin phrase used to describe Eve Causing the fall of mankind?
Felix Culpa "fortunate fall"