John Milton Background

When was John Milton born?

• November 08, 1608

• December 09, 1674

• November 08, 1674

• December 09, 1608

What was John Milton's first major English poem about?

• The morning of Christ's nativity

• The death of his sister's baby

• The fall of man in Eden

• The lost paradise of Milton's cherished Republic

Where did John Milton graduate from?

• Harvard University

• Christ College Cambridge

• Cambridge University

• Oxford University

When did John Milton become blind?

• 1662

• 1632

• 1628

• 1652

Who did John Milton marry in 1642?

• Mary Powell

• None of the above

• Elizabeth Mynshull

• Katherine Woodcock

What did John Milton write in 1637?

• Paradise Lost

• Lycidas

• On the Death of a Fair Infant, Dying of the Cough

• On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Where did John Milton tour in 1638 and 1639?

• England and Scotland

• France and Greece

• Greece and Italy

• France and Italy

When did John Milton compose 'Paradise Lost'?

• 1628-1632

• 1632-1637

• 1658-1664

• 1664-1674

Who praised John Milton's work for possessing outstanding spiritual, intellectual, and moral worth?

• Samuel Johnson

• John Dryden

• William Blake

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

What did T. S. Eliot criticize about Milton's verse?

• Its spiritual, intellectual, and moral worth

• Its artistry

• Its influence

• Its depth