Areopagitica and Other Prose Works Quizzes

Areopagitica and Other Prose Works "Areopagitica" Context

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

The Senate and the House

Just the House of Commons

The House of Lords and the House of Commons
2 Who were the principal rivals in the English Civil War?
Protestants and Catholics

Protestants and followers of Charles I

Royalists and Parliamentarians

Followers of Charles I and followers of Charles II
3 Which king was executed during the English Civil War?
Charles II

Richard II

Henry VIII

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

Charles I

Elizabeth I

Oliver Cromwell
5 Which of the following was NOT a factor in the English Civil War?
The king's perceived Catholic sympathies

The king's failure to consider Parliament

Widespread class instability

Foreign aggression
6 What was the Protestant Reformation?
The movement to reform Protestantism in the middle of the sixteenth century

The movement to restore a Protestant monarch to the English throne

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

The year when Protestantism became the official religion everywhere in Europe
7 Who was the first Protestant ruler of England?
Richard II

Henry VIII

Elizabeth I

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

Accumulation of wealth

Strict hierarchy

Belief in the "real presence" of Christ in the Eucharist
9 Which Protestant sect was Milton most closely aligned with?
Puritans

Lutherans

Anglicans

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

Religion

History

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

Dubious supporter

Tentative opponent

Wholehearted supporter
12 What was Milton's relationship to Parliament?
Critical support

Absolute follower

Major leader

Strong opposition
13 When was John Milton born?
1650

1580

1608

1644
14 Where was Milton born?
Italy

London

France

York
15 What class was John Milton born into?
Lower middle class

Working class

Aristocracy

Wealthy professional
16 What did Milton do as a child?
Attend school

Fight in the English Civil War

Work in his father's business

Live on his family estate and write poetry
17 What is Milton's most famous work?
Doctor Faustus

Paradise Lost

Polyolbion

Areopagitica
18 How did Milton's time at Cambridge most obviously shape his poetry and prose?
Respect for the Church of England

Refusal to engage with other European traditions

Classical influence

Conservative tendencies
19 What was Milton's religious alignment?
Atheist

Catholic

Conservative Protestant

Radical Protestant
20 When was "Areopagitica" written?
1624

1634

1644

1654
21 Who was the intended audience of "Areopagitica"?
The Catholics

The king

The common people

Parliament
22 How was "Areopagitica" originally made public?
As a speech

As a cheap pamphlet

As an essay in an anthology

As part of a book of essays by Milton
23 What theme is important in both Paradise Lost and "Areopagitica"?
Obedience

Gender

Free speech

The fall
24 What kind of writer was Milton when it came to publishing his works?
A writer driven by passion who rarely made edits, and just wanted his work to be heard

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

A perfectionist who oversaw every detail of the finished product

A studious writer, who would wash his hands of his writing once it went to the publisher
25 What was the impact of "Areopagitica"?
Parliament tightened censorship laws in response to Milton's loud opposition

Free speech gradually became an expectation

Parliament ignored the speech

Free speech was made the law of the land

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