A．the Renaissance B．the Old Testament C．Greek Mythology D．the New Testament 2. The story of Paradise Lost is taken from____. It tells about___. A. the Old Testament … …Satan’s rebellion against God.
B. the Bible… …the expulsion of Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden.
C. Greek Mythology … …a young prince’s revenge on his father’s murderer. D. both A and B
3. Paradise Lost tells the story of _____. A. a young prince's revenge on his father's murderer B. the expulsion of Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden C. Satan's rebellion against God D. both B and C
4. Which of the following statements about Paradise Lost is true? A. Adam and Eve were driven out of Paradise for their conspiracy with Satan.
B. The writer intended to expose the ways of Satan and to justify the ways of God to men.
C. Satan, as a rebel to God, was finally defeated and surrendered. D. Satan was finally reconciled with God.
5. In heaven, _____ led a rebellion against God. Defeated, he and his
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rebel angels were cast into Hell. A. Adam Samson
6. John Milton’s _. Paradise Lost _____ is the only generally
B. Eve C. Satan
D.
acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes
D. Areopagitica
7．Among the three major works by John Milton ______ is indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf. A．Paradise Regained B．Samson Agonistes C．Lycidas D．Paradise Lost
8. John Milton's greatest poetical work ______ is the only generally
acknowledged epic in English literarure since Beowulf. A. Areopagitica B. Paradise Lost C. Lycidas D. Samson Agonistes
9.John Milton wrote ______ to expose the way of Satan and to “justify
the ways of God to men”. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Lycidas D. Samson Agonistes 10. “To wage by force or guile eternal war,
Irreconcilable to our grand Foe.”（John Milton, Paradise lost)
By what means were Satan and his followers to wage this war against
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God?
A. By planting a tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden. B. By turning into poisonous snakes to threaten man’s life. C. By removing God from His throne.
D. By corrupting man and woman created by God.
11. John Milton’ s most powerful dramatic poem on the Greek model is _ Samson Agonistes _____.
A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes
D. Lycidas
12. The most perfect example of the verse drama after Greek style in
English is Milton’s _____. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica
13. Samson Agonistes by ______ is the most perfect example of the verse
drama after the Greek style in English. A. John Milton B. William Blake C. Henry Fielding D. William Wordsworth
14. Among the three major poetical works by John Milton ______ is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English. A. Samson Agonistes B. Paradise Lost C. Paradise Regained D. Areopagitica
15. The hero of one his main works is an Israel’s mighty champion, blind,
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alone and fighting against his thoughtless enemies. This hero’s experience is in close resemblance to the poet himself. This poet’s name is ________.
A．John Milton B．John Bunyan C．Edmund Spenser D．Christopher Marlowe
16. Which of the following is not John Milton’s works? A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Othello
17. Which of the following works does not belong to John Milton? A. Paradise Lost C. Adonais
B. Paradise Regained D. Llycidas
II. Reading Comprehension (16 points in all, 4 for each)
(1) Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May， And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed, And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimmed: But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
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Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st, Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st, So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this ,and this gives life to thee.
1.What kind of poem is this, blank verse, sonnet, pastoral poem,or ode? Who is the author?
2. What is the central idea of this poem?
41. “Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st; Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st: So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”
Questions: A. Identify the author and the title of the poem from which this part is taken.
B. What does the word “this” in the last line refer to? C. What idea do the quoted lines express? 41. A. William Shakespeare; Sonnet 18 B. “this” refers the poem.
C. When you are in my eternal poetry, you are even with time. A nice
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