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Areopagitica and Other Prose Works "Areopagitica" Context

1 What bodies made up Parliament during Milton's time?
The House of Lords and the House of Commons

Just the House of Lords

Just the House of Commons

The Senate and the House
2 Who were the principal rivals in the English Civil War?
Protestants and followers of Charles I

Royalists and Parliamentarians

Followers of Charles I and followers of Charles II

Protestants and Catholics
3 Which king was executed during the English Civil War?
Charles I

Charles II

Richard II

Henry VIII
4 Who became the leader of England immediately after the Civil War?
Charles II

Charles I

Oliver Cromwell

Elizabeth I
5 Which of the following was NOT a factor in the English Civil War?
Foreign aggression

The king's failure to consider Parliament

Widespread class instability

The king's perceived Catholic sympathies
6 What was the Protestant Reformation?
The movement to reform Protestantism in the middle of the sixteenth century

The year when Protestantism became the official religion everywhere in Europe

The period in history where many people split off from Catholicism to found their own versions of Christianity

The movement to restore a Protestant monarch to the English throne
7 Who was the first Protestant ruler of England?
Richard II

Charles I

Elizabeth I

Henry VIII
8 Which of the following is NOT an aspect of Catholicism criticized by Protestants?
Belief in one God in three persons

Belief in the "real presence" of Christ in the Eucharist

Accumulation of wealth

Strict hierarchy
9 Which Protestant sect was Milton most closely aligned with?
Puritans

Calvinists

Anglicans

Lutherans
10 What was the most common topic for published writing in seventeenth-century England?
Religion

Politics

History

Poetry
11 What was Milton's attitude towards the king?
Radical opponent

Wholehearted supporter

Dubious supporter

Tentative opponent
12 What was Milton's relationship to Parliament?
Absolute follower

Critical support

Major leader

Strong opposition
13 When was John Milton born?
1580

1608

1650

1644
14 Where was Milton born?
York

France

London

Italy
15 What class was John Milton born into?
Aristocracy

Lower middle class

Wealthy professional

Working class
16 What did Milton do as a child?
Live on his family estate and write poetry

Fight in the English Civil War

Attend school

Work in his father's business
17 What is Milton's most famous work?
Doctor Faustus

Polyolbion

Paradise Lost

Areopagitica
18 How did Milton's time at Cambridge most obviously shape his poetry and prose?
Classical influence

Refusal to engage with other European traditions

Conservative tendencies

Respect for the Church of England
19 What was Milton's religious alignment?
Catholic

Radical Protestant

Atheist

Conservative Protestant
20 When was "Areopagitica" written?
1644

1634

1654

1624
21 Who was the intended audience of "Areopagitica"?
The Catholics

Parliament

The king

The common people
22 How was "Areopagitica" originally made public?
As a speech

As an essay in an anthology

As part of a book of essays by Milton

As a cheap pamphlet
23 What theme is important in both Paradise Lost and "Areopagitica"?
Obedience

Gender

The fall

Free speech
24 What kind of writer was Milton when it came to publishing his works?
A studious writer, who would wash his hands of his writing once it went to the publisher

A perfectionist who oversaw every detail of the finished product

A man driven primarily by the desire to make money, who tailored his writing to what was popular

A writer driven by passion who rarely made edits, and just wanted his work to be heard
25 What was the impact of "Areopagitica"?
Parliament ignored the speech

Free speech was made the law of the land

Free speech gradually became an expectation

Parliament tightened censorship laws in response to Milton's loud opposition

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