According to John Milton, political offices were to be filled by _______.

Choose one answer.

	a. the king
	b. the House of Lords
	c. popular election
	d. God
	e. The vote of church pastors

Question 2

According to John Milton's view of the structure of the universe, the "Created Universe" is surrounded by what?

Choose one answer.

	a. Heaven
	b. Hell
	c. Chaos
	d. Sunshine
	e. A and B

Question 3

After graduating from university, John Milton toured the continent of Europe and likely met with which of the following individuals?

Choose one answer.

	a. Michelangelo
	b. Charles II
	c. Galileo
	d. A and B
	e. A and C

Question 4

After Milton went blind, he was able to compose poetry by using _______.

Choose one answer.

	a. braille
	b. dictation
	c. a code of his own devising
	d. an Abacus
	e. A and C

Question 5

Choose the BEST answer to fill in the blank. John Milton is best described as a strong ____________ who emphasized the freedom of the individual.

Choose one answer.

	a. Anglican
	b. Methodist
	c. Protestant
	d. Buddhist
	e. A and B

Question 6

Denied the right to apply for divorce and facing intense humiliation, John Milton wrote what work?

Choose one answer.

	a. "Christian Doctrines"
	b. "On Regicide"
	c. "The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce"
	d. "Paradise Lost"
	e. "Paradise Regained"

Question 7

In 1660, after the Restoration, Milton suffered which of the following punishments?

Choose one answer.

	a. He was imprisoned.
	b. His left index finger was chopped off.
	c. He was placed in the stocks for a week.
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 8

In the Oliver Cromwell "Commonwealth" and "Protectorate" administrations, Milton served as the British government's chief _______.

Choose one answer.

	a. Civil Engineer
	b. Poet Laureate
	c. Military Strategist
	d. Intellectual Defender
	e. A and D

Question 9

In _______, a good example of Milton's sharp rhetorical prose, Milton denounces restrictive censorship, arguing for freedom of the press.

Choose one answer.

	a. "Paradise Lost"
	b. "Samson Agonistes"
	c. "Areopagitica"
	d. "Paradise Regained"
	e. A and D

Question 10

John Milton was born in 1608 in what city?

Choose one answer.

	a. Bath
	b. Paris
	c. London
	d. Nottingham
	e. Manchester

Question 11

Roughly speaking, how long was the English Civil War?

Choose one answer.

	a. One decade
	b. Two decades
	c. Three decades
	d. Four decades
	e. Five decades

Question 12

The English Civil War was waged between what two political groups?

Choose one answer.

	a. Royalists and Monarchists
	b. Royalists and Parliamentarians
	c. Parliamentarians and Roundheads
	d. Anarchists and Royalists
	e. Anarchists and Monarchists

Question 13

The English masque has its origins in the traditions of what European country?

Choose one answer.

	a. France
	b. Germany
	c. Spain
	d. Italy
	e. England

Question 14

The Renaissance was known for originating which of the following philosophical movements?

Choose one answer.

	a. Existentialism
	b. Humanism
	c. Stoicism
	d. Postmodernism
	e. Deism

Question 15

Which of the following British monarchs was executed during the English Civil War?

Choose one answer.

	a. Charles I
	b. Charles II
	c. Queen Anne
	d. Henry VIII
	e. A and C

Question 16

Which of the following monarchs was "restored" to the British throne during the Restoration?

Choose one answer.

	a. Charles I
	b. Charles II
	c. Henry VIII
	d. Charles III
	e. Oliver Cromwell

Question 17

Which of the following statements is/are TRUE concerning John Milton's ideal republic?

Choose one answer.

	a. There was to be no king, bishops, or House of Lords.
	b. There were to be no churches except Anglican churches.
	c. There was to be no Oxford University.
	d. A and C
	e. B and C

Question 18

Which of the following statements is/are TRUE concerning Puritanism?

Choose one answer.

	a. There is an emphasis on the importance of preaching.
	b. There is an emphasis on spiritual experience.
	c. There is an emphasis on the freedom of sexual expression.
	d. A and B
	e. A and C

Question 19

_______dominated English literature from the Restoration until the end of the 18th century with the emergence of Romanticism.

Choose one answer.

	a. Medievalism
	b. Modernism
	c. Victorianism
	d. Neoclassicism
	e. Post Modernism

Question 20

When John Milton studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, his college was a stronghold of what religious faith?

Choose one answer.

	a. Anglicism
	b. Puritanism
	c. Buddhism
	d. A and C
	e. B and C

Question 21

In his poem "Lycidas," John Milton does which of the following?

Choose one answer.

	a. Mourns the death of a college classmate
	b. Mourns the death of his mother
	c. Mourns the death of his son
	d. Mourns the death of his wife
	e. Mourns the death of his daughter

Question 22

John Milton deliberately distanced himself from the _______ poets, a group of poets known for their light, elegant style and frivolous content.

Choose one answer.

	a. Romantic
	b. Victorian
	c. Cavalier
	d. Enlightenment
	e. Neoclassicist

Question 23

John Milton was fluent in which of the following languages?

Choose one answer.

	a. Latin, Greek, and Hebrew
	b. Latin, Sanskrit, and Aramaic
	c. Latin, Arabic, and Spanish
	d. Mandarin, Dutch, and French
	e. Greek, Esperanto, and French

Question 24

John Milton was inspired by the previous works of what authors?

Choose one answer.

	a. Homer, Virgil, and Dante
	b. Dante, Spenser, and Pope
	c. Homer, Dryden, and Longfellow
	d. Virgil, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen
	e. Dante, Chaucer, and Swift

Question 25

John Milton's "Areopagitica" is best described by which of the following genres?

Choose one answer.

	a. Pastoral elegy
	b. Prose polemic
	c. Blank verse tragedy
	d. Masque
	e. Epic

Question 26

John Milton's "Lycidas" is best described by which of the following genres?

Choose one answer.

	a. Pastoral elegy
	b. Prose polemic
	c. Blank verse tragedy
	d. Masque
	e. Epic

Question 27

John Milton's "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso" are companion poems and are both written in _______.

Choose one answer.

	a. iambic pentameter
	b. tetrameter couplets
	c. heroic couplets
	d. Shakespearean sonnets
	e. Latin

Question 28

John Milton's "Paradise Lost" is best described by which of the following genres?

Choose one answer.

	a. Pastoral elegy
	b. Prose polemic
	c. Blank verse tragedy
	d. Masque
	e. Epic

Question 29

John Milton's "Samson Agonistes" is best described by which of the following genres?

Choose one answer.

	a. Pastoral elegy
	b. Prose polemic
	c. Blank verse tragedy
	d. Masque
	e. Epic

Question 30

The character named Comus is often seen by critics as a prototype of what character Milton later portrayed?

Choose one answer.

	a. Jesus
	b. Samson
	c. Satan
	d. Adam
	e. Milton

Question 31

The elegy began as an ancient _______ metrical form.

Choose one answer.

	a. French
	b. Greek
	c. Roman
	d. German
	e. Egyptian

Question 32

The first sonnet form invented was the _______.

Choose one answer.

	a. Spenserian
	b. Shakespearean
	c. Wordsworthian
	d. Petrarchan
	e. Henrichan

Question 33

The ode form derives from a long tradition of what type of poetry?

Choose one answer.

	a. Lyric
	b. Epic
	c. Satiric
	d. Virgilian
	e. Panegyric

Question 34

The pastoral elegy often begins with which of the following poetic conventions?

Choose one answer.

	a. Invocation of a muse
	b. A cry of lament
	c. Prayer to the Sun
	d. A and B
	e. A and C

Question 35

What author wrote "Life of Milton"?

Choose one answer.

	a. Samuel Johnson
	b. Edmund Spencer
	c. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
	d. T. S. Eliot
	e. John Milton

Question 36

What poet was famous for his "Eclogues"?

Choose one answer.

	a. Virgil
	b. Shakespeare
	c. Chaucer
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 37

What poets before Milton were famous for writing epics?

Choose one answer.

	a. Virgil, Shakespeare, and Spenser
	b. Homer, Virgil, and Spenser
	c. Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Spenser
	d. Gilgamesh, Petrarch, and Dryden
	e. Dryden, Jane Austen, and T.S. Eliot

Question 38

Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning John Milton's poetry?

Choose one answer.

	a. He followed the Shakespearean rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form.
	b. He followed the Petrarchan rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form.
	c. He followed the Spenserian rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form.
	d. He followed the Spenserian rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form.
	e. He followed the Henrichan rather than the Spenserian sonnet form.

Question 39

Which of the following works was not written by John Milton?

Choose one answer.

	a. "How Soon Hath Time"
	b. "Captain or Colonel"
	c. "Avenge O Lord"
	d. "Methought I saw my late espoused saint"
	e. "Drink to Me only with thine eyes"

Question 40

John Milton's "Comus" is best described by which of the following genres?

Choose one answer.

	a. Pastoral elegy
	b. Prose polemic
	c. Blank verse tragedy
	d. Masque
	e. Epic

Question 41

A number of the British Romantic poets argue what character to be the protagonist (or "hero") of John Milton's "Paradise Lost"?

Choose one answer.

	a. Eve
	b. Adam
	c. God
	d. Satan
	e. Raphael

Question 42

As originally envisioned by John Milton, "Paradise Lost" would consist of how many books?

Choose one answer.

	a. Nine
	b. Ten
	c. Eleven
	d. Twelve
	e. Fourteen

Question 43

Complete the following statement. John Milton explains in the first 26 lines of "Paradise Lost" that that goal of his epic poem will be

Choose one answer.

	a. to justify the ways of God to humankind.
	b. to justify the ways of humankind to God.
	c. to justify the ways of Heaven to Hell.
	d. to justify the ways of Hell to Heaven.
	e. to justify the ways of angels to humankind.

Question 44

In Book One of "Paradise Lost," the narrator identifies the fallen angels or devils by what names?

Choose one answer.

	a. Their surnames
	b. The names of pagan gods
	c. The names of foreign countries
	d. The names of the angels they will become
	e. The names of mythical animals

Question 45

In Book Six of "Paradise Lost," Adam is told of what major event?

Choose one answer.

	a. The fall of the Son
	b. The fall of the Rebel Angels
	c. The fall of God
	d. The death of Michael
	e. The death of Abdiel

Question 46

In Book Six of "Paradise Lost," Satan invents something that he thinks will help win his war against God. What is it?

Choose one answer.

	a. Gunpowder
	b. Adamantine armor
	c. The Chariot of Paternal Deity
	d. The Thunderbolt
	e. The Longbow

Question 47

In Book Three of "Paradise Lost," God the Father alludes to what theological principle in the following quotation: "I made him [Adam] just and right, / Sufficient to have stood though free to fall."

Choose one answer.

	a. Transubstantiation
	b. Free will
	c. Predestination
	d. Sufficience
	e. Divine Effluence

Question 48

In John Milton's "Paradise Lost," Satan assumes the character and form of what creature in order to tempt Eve to eat at the Tree of Knowledge?

Choose one answer.

	a. A toad
	b. A serpent
	c. A lion
	d. A tiger
	e. A cormorant

Question 49

In the early books of John Milton's "Paradise Lost," Satan conspires with which of the following characters?

Choose one answer.

	a. Baal
	b. Beelzebub
	c. Michel
	d. A and B
	e. A and C

Question 50

In "Paradise Lost," Milton calls his Muse by which of the following names?

Choose one answer.

	a. Uriel
	b. Urania
	c. Calypso
	d. Calliope
	e. Xanadu

Question 51

In "Paradise Lost," what is the relationship between Satan and Death?

Choose one answer.

	a. Death is Satan's father.
	b. Death is Satan's son.
	c. Death is Satan's brother.
	d. Death is Satan's daughter.
	e. Death is Satan's muse.

Question 52

The Primary Narrator for Books Eleven and Twelve of "Paradise Lost," who relates future events is which of the following?

Choose one answer.

	a. The Son
	b. Raphael
	c. Michael
	d. Adam
	e. Eve

Question 53

Unlike the gods and goddesses of classical epics, John Milton's God in "Paradise Lost" is _______ and _______.

Choose one answer.

	a. visible, inaccessible
	b. inaccessible, omnipresent
	c. nonexistent, invisible
	d. invisible, omnipresent
	e. None of these

Question 54

What angel often speaks to Adam in Paradise?

Choose one answer.

	a. Michelangelo
	b. Raphael
	c. Pandosto
	d. Baal
	e. Uriel

Question 55

What British Romantic artist famously depicted John Milton's "Paradise Lost" in a series of etchings and prints?

Choose one answer.

	a. William Wordsworth
	b. Percy Bysshe Shelley
	c. William Blake
	d. John Keats
	e. Lord Byron

Question 56

What British Romantic author was particularly inspired by the work of John Milton?

Choose one answer.

	a. William Blake
	b. Alfred Lord Tennyson
	c. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
	d. T.S. Eliot
	e. Jane Austen

Question 57

What character in "Paradise Lost" is first tempted to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?

Choose one answer.

	a. Raphael
	b. Eve
	c. Adam
	d. The Son
	e. Satan

Question 58

What character leads Adam and Eve from the Gates of Paradise in the final book of John Milton's "Paradise Lost"?

Choose one answer.

	a. Michelangelo
	b. Raphael
	c. Uriel
	d. Urania
	e. Michael

Question 59

What event occurs in the final lines of John Milton's "Paradise Lost"?

Choose one answer.

	a. Adam and Eve hold hands and walk across an arid plain.
	b. Adam and Eve promise to be fruitful and multiply.
	c. Adam and Eve curse their God.
	d. Adam and Eve curse Satan.
	e. Adam and Eve are introduced to Michael.

Question 60

What important event(s) occur(s) in John Milton's "Paradise Lost" immediately after Eve first eats of the Tree of Knowledge?

Choose one answer.

	a. Nature is immediately wounded by Eve's transgression.
	b. Satan is immediately wounded by Eve's transgression.
	c. Raphael is immediately wounded by Eve's transgression.
	d. Abdiel immediately flees the Council of Rebel Angels.
	e. Uriel sees through Satan's innocent disguise as a cherub.

Question 61

Which of the following elements DOES NOT characterize epic poetry?

Choose one answer.

	a. An Epic Council
	b. An "Arming of the Hero" Scene
	c. A "Tragic Recognition" Speech
	d. An Invocation to the Muse
	e. A Narrator who "sings" the narrative

Question 62

Which of the following events occur(s) at some point in John Milton's "Paradise Lost"?

Choose one answer.

	a. Satan contemplates his reflection in a pool of water.
	b. Adam contemplates his reflection in a pool of water.
	c. Eve contemplates her reflection in a pool of water.
	d. God contemplates his reflection in a pool of water.
	e. All of these

Question 63

Which of the following events occur(s) in the first book of John Milton's "Paradise Lost"?

Choose one answer.

	a. Satan lays dazed on the burning lake.
	b. Satan assembles his fallen legions.
	c. Adam and Eve fall from the state of Paradise.
	d. A and B
	e. A and C

Question 64

Which of the following questions would a student of Book Nine of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" likely ask?

Choose one answer.

	a. "What is the precise relationship between Satan, Sin, and Death?"
	b. "How, exactly, was Eve tempted to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?"
	c. "How, exactly, was Adam convinced to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?"
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 65

Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE concerning Book Two of John Milton's "Paradise Lost"?

Choose one answer.

	a. A debate is held in Hell by Satan and his compatriots concerning whether to attempt to recover Heaven.
	b. Satan encounters Sin and Death.
	c. Satan embarks on his passage across the great gulf of Chaos.
	d. The Narrator invokes his muse by the name of "Holy Light."
	e. The demons begin exploring Hell, engaging in philosophical debates, and entering singing competitions.

Question 66

The foundation story of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" derives from what text?

Choose one answer.

	a. The Book of "Genesis"
	b. The Book of "Revelations"
	c. "The Odyssey"
	d. "Canterbury Tales"
	e. The Edeniad

Question 67

81. In the first 75 lines of Book One of "Paradise Regained," Satan refers to which person he has recently seen, who is identified by the following quote? "Before him [Jesus] a great Prophet, to proclaim / His coming, is sent Harbinger, who all / Invites, and in the Consecrated stream / Pretends to wash off sin"

Choose one answer.

	a. John the Apostle
	b. John the Baptist
	c. Michael the Archangel
	d. Joseph, Jesus's stepfather
	e. Moses

Question 68

According to the "Book of Luke," Herod was the king of _______.

Choose one answer.

	a. Judea
	b. Egypt
	c. Syria
	d. Jerusalem
	e. Babylonia

Question 69

Early in Book Two of "Paradise Regained," who yearns to see the missing Jesus (who has wandered into the desert)?

Choose one answer.

	a. First Mary, then Joseph
	b. First Andrew and Simon (Peter), then Mary
	c. First Mary, then James and John
	d. First Peter, then Paul and Mary
	e. Gabriel the Angel

Question 70

Even in John Milton's lifetime, "Paradise Regained" was considered in literary quality as largely _______ to "Paradise Lost."

Choose one answer.

	a. superior
	b. inferior
	c. equal
	d. irrelevant in comparison
	e. A and B

Question 71

How many times does Satan work to tempt Jesus in the Gospels?

Choose one answer.

	a. One
	b. Two
	c. Three
	d. Four
	e. Five

Question 72

In Book Four of "Paradise Regained," for his final temptation Satan takes Jesus to what location?

Choose one answer.

	a. The top of the Pantheon in Rome
	b. The Pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem
	c. The top of a "Mountain high"
	d. "Up to the middle Region of thick Air"
	e. C and D

Question 73

In the demonic council of Book Two of "Paradise Regained," who proposes that Satan should tempt Jesus with lust for a beautiful woman the way Solomon was tempted?

Choose one answer.

	a. Belial
	b. Beelzebub
	c. Venus
	d. Satan
	e. Cupid

Question 74

In the "Book of Job," Satan speaks to what figure(s)?

Choose one answer.

	a. God/Yahweh
	b. Judea
	c. Lot
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 75

John Milton claimed from an early age that he would become _______.

Choose one answer.

	a. England's first poet
	b. England's first dramatist
	c. England's poet laureate
	d. England's greatest civil engineer
	e. England's greatest Cavalier Poet

Question 76

John Milton's "Paradise Regained" is a story largely about what topic?

Choose one answer.

	a. A quest for knowledge of the self
	b. A quest for knowledge of other countries
	c. A quest for knowledge of the future
	d. A quest for Forbidden Knowledge
	e. A quest for knowledge of the Angels

Question 77

John Milton's "Paradise Regained" is most similar in linguistic style to what books from "Paradise Lost"?

Choose one answer.

	a. One and Two
	b. Three and Four
	c. Five and Six
	d. Eight and Nine
	e. Eleven and Twelve

Question 78

John Milton's "Paradise Regained" is written in a(n) _______ style.

Choose one answer.

	a. plain
	b. extravagant
	c. luminescent
	d. Latinate
	e. Sophistic

Question 79

The first stanza of John Milton's "Paradise Regained" begins with what topic(s)?

Choose one answer.

	a. A brief summary of "Paradise Lost"
	b. A detailed description of Satan
	c. A detailed description of Milton himself
	d. A and B
	e. B and C

Question 80

What Biblical story acts as a springboard for John Milton's "Paradise Regained"?

Choose one answer.

	a. The Baptism of Jesus
	b. The Crucifixion of Jesus
	c. The story of Luke
	d. The Ascension of Jesus
	e. The Second Coming of Jesus

Question 81

Which of the following themes IS NOT important to John Milton's "Paradise Regained"?

Choose one answer.

	a. Hunger
	b. Sexual desire
	c. Seeking God's Will and Guidance
	d. What it means to be the "Son of God"
	e. Temptation

Question 82

_______ was the companion in publication to John Milton's "Paradise Regained."

Choose one answer.

	a. "Paradise Lost"
	b. "Areopagitica"
	c. "On Christian Doctrine"
	d. "Samson Agonistes"
	e. "Comus"

Question 83

John Milton's "Paradise Regained" deals mainly with what Biblical event?

Choose one answer.

	a. The Great Flood
	b. The Parting of the Red Sea
	c. The Immaculate Conception
	d. The Temptation of Christ
	e. None of these

Question 84

D Her honor as a Jew

Choose one answer.

	a. Religious conviction
	b. Political patriotism
	c. Her weakness as a woman
	d. Her love for Samson

Question 85

Despite Samson's defeat and shame, Samson predicts that God will "arise and his great name assert" by making Dagon receive "Such a discomfit, as shall quite despoil him / Of all these boasted Trophies won on me / And with confusion blank his Worshippers" (467-71). This prediction is interesting because

Choose one answer.

	a. the prediction is never fulfilled.
	b. the prophet Enoch had made the same prediction centuries earlier.
	c. Samson doesn't know he himself will fulfill the prediction.
	d. the prediction is finally fulfilled much later when Jesus defeats Dagon.
	e. B and D

Question 86

Harapha claims he wishes he could have fought Samson when he had his eyesight because

Choose one answer.

	a. he genuinely wants to fight Samson even though Samson is blind.
	b. he wants to get respect from the Philistine general standing beside him.
	c. he wants Samson to break out of prison and kill some more Philistines.
	d. he wants to encourage Samson.
	e. he wants to seem more heroic than he really is.

Question 87

In his introduction, Milton described the genre of "Samson Agonistes" as a _______.

Choose one answer.

	a. history play
	b. tragedy
	c. comedy
	d. Biblical mystery play
	e. Morality Play

Question 88

In the Biblical book of "Judges,"

Choose one answer.

	a. Dalila pays Samson's ransom from prison.
	b. Dalila refuses to pay Samson's ransom in prison.
	c. Never records Dalila's visit to Samson in prison.
	d. Never records Dalila's cutting of Samson's hair.
	e. Never records Samson's pulling down of the pillars.

Question 89

In "Samson Agonistes," Harapha exits because of what reason:

Choose one answer.

	a. Samson will not fight him.
	b. He does not want to fight Samson.
	c. He must hurry to catch up with Dalila.
	d. He has been called back to his hometown of Gath.
	e. He is going to try to stop Samson from pulling at the pillars.

Question 90

In "Samson Agonistes," Samson predicts "This day will be remarkable in my life / By some great act, or of my days the last" (1386-7). This is interesting because

Choose one answer.

	a. both statements end up happening that day.
	b. both statements end up not happening that day.
	c. Samson is echoing the older prediction of the prophet Enoch.
	d. both statements will later be fulfilled by Christ.
	e. C and D

Question 91

In "Samson Agonistes," the character who tells others of Samson's death is

Choose one answer.

	a. Manoa.
	b. Dalila.
	c. the Chorus.
	d. a Messenger.
	e. Harapha.

Question 92

In "Samson Agonistes," the Chorus describes the approaching Dalila as beautifully and lavishly dressed to better seduce Samson. This is interesting because

Choose one answer.

	a. the Chorus has just stated it hates this kind of lavish, external beauty.
	b. Samson hates this kind of lavish, external beauty.
	c. Dalila usually dresses in a more understated Puritan manner.
	d. Samson is blind.
	e. A and C

Question 93

Milton in "Samson Agonistes" uses a Chorus, which he borrows from what previous genre?

Choose one answer.

	a. Medieval Mystery Plays
	b. Greek Epic
	c. Greek Drama
	d. French Chanson de Gestes
	e. Medieval Morality Plays

Question 94

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?

Choose one answer.

	a. He experiences some "rousing motions" which might be from God.
	b. Manoa convinces him to do it or the Philistines will execute Samson.
	c. The Chorus demands he stay in his prison cell and Samson reacts against them.
	d. He wishes to see Dalila one last time in the crowd.
	e. B and C

Question 95

Near the end of "Samson Agonistes," Samson resists performing before attendants of what type of event?

Choose one answer.

	a. Greek Olympic Games
	b. A Roman Circus
	c. A Gladiator competition
	d. A play
	e. A and B

Question 96

The term "Agonistes" is Greek and it means

Choose one answer.

	a. one who is in agony.
	b. one who inflicts agony.
	c. one who struggles for or champions a cause.
	d. one who predicts the future.
	e. one who "postdicts" the past.

Question 97

"Samson Agonistes" differs from its source material, the Biblical book of "Judges," in what way(s)?

Choose one answer.

	a. In "Samson," Samson is blind, but he is not in "Judges."
	b. In "Samson," Manoa is Samson's father, but he is not in "Judges."
	c. In "Samson," Samson is married to Dalila, but he is not in "Judges."
	d. In "Samson," Dalila cuts Samson's hair, but she does not in "Judges."
	e. In "Samson," Samson cuts his own hair, but he does not in "Judges."

Question 98

"Samson Agonistes" differs from its source material, the Biblical book of "Judges," in what way(s)?

Choose one answer.

	a. In "Samson," Harapha is Samson's enemy, but he is not in "Judges."
	b. In "Samson," Samson is a Jew, but he is not in "Judges."
	c. In "Samson," Samson marries the Woman of Timnah, but not in "Judges."
	d. In "Samson," Samson never worships Dagon, but he does in "Judges."
	e. In "Samson," Harapha is attracted to Dalila, but not in "Judges."

Question 99

"Samson Agonistes" is described as a "Closet Drama," which means

Choose one answer.

	a. it can be acted out on a very small stage.
	b. it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage.
	c. people will read it in secret and not publically admit they read it.
	d. it was written to be acted in a church.
	e. B and C

Question 100

In "Samson Agonistes," Samson's father, Manoa, is trying to get Samson freed from imprisonment mainly so he can help Samson to _______.

Choose one answer.

	a. get revenge on his enemies
	b. re-instated as a Judge
	c. retire
	d. convert
	e. A and B