Samson Agonistes Quizzes

Samson Agonistes Quiz 1

1 What year was Samson Agonistes published?
1671

1603

1674

1616
2 Which work of Milton's was published along with Samson Agonistes?
Paradise Regain'd

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Paradise Lost

When I Consider how my Light is Spent
3 Samson appears in which book of the Judeo-Christian bible?
Genesis

Leviticus

Judges

Exodus
4 What is Samson known for?
His wisdom

His strength

His famous father

His immortality
5 What oath did Samson take, declaring he would not cut his hair?
Sacred

Nazirite

Israelite

Christian
6 Who was Samson's first wife?
Timna

Delila

Judith

Esther
7 Which of these feats did Samson perform?
Beating a giant in combat

Slaying a lion with his bare hands

Scaling the world's tallest temple

Lifting an entire structure off the ground
8 Why did the men of Judah deliver Samson to the Philistines?
They disliked Samson

They were working with Delila

They were paid in exchange for Samson

They did not want the Philistines to harm their land
9 Why is Samson Agonistes significant for Milton's career?
The play features some of Milton's political ideology for England

It was one of the last works he wrote

Milton was also blind when he wrote the play

All of these
10 What is Milton's most famous work?
Paradise Lost

Paradise Regain'd

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Comus
11 What is the dramatic genre of Samson Agonistes?
Comedy

Tragedy

Romance

History
12 What does it mean for a play to be a closet drama?
It was written in secret

It was never published

It was not performed

It was written by a woman
13 After which dramatic style does Milton model Samson Agonistes?
Roman

Greek

Shakespearean

Jonsonian
14 Who was the monarch in England when Samson Agonistes was published?
Nobody; England was a commonwealth

James I

Charles II

Charles I
15 What is the term for the reinstitution of the English monarchy?
Restoration

Protectorate

Return

Cromwell's Revenge
16 Which king was executed during the English Civil Wars?
Charles I

Elizabeth I

James I

Charles II
17 Of which institution was John Milton critical during his poetic career?
Marriage

Education

Church of England

Organized religion in general
18 Where did John Milton go to school?
Cambridge

Oxford

He did not attend university

Harvard
19 What is Paradise Lost about?
The fall of man

The sacrifice of Jesus Christ

The primacy of man over woman

The Israelites in Egypt
20 Which of these characters in Samson Agonistes is a parallel for Eve in Paradise Lost?
Samson

The Philistines

Harapha

Delila
21 What weapon did Samson use to kill 1,000 Philistines?
A sword

A donkey's jaw bone

His bare hands

An exposed root in the ground
22 Milton's poem "When I Consider How My Light is Spent" is written in which form?
Epic

Rhyme Royal

Prose

Sonnet
23 Which does not appear in Samson Agonistes?
Stage direction

A protagonist

A chorus

Imagery
24 Which of these playwrights does Milton not mention in his preface to Samson Agonistes?
Euripides

Aeschylus

Shakespeare

Sophocles
25 Which of these texts most resembles a closet drama?
Marlowe's Tamburlaine

Shakespeare's Hamlet

Plato's Symposium

Jonson's The Alchemist