Samson Agonistes Quizzes

Samson Agonistes Quiz 1

1 What year was Samson Agonistes published?
1674

1671

1603

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

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

When I Consider how my Light is Spent

Paradise Regain'd
3 Samson appears in which book of the Judeo-Christian bible?
Judges

Leviticus

Genesis

Exodus
4 What is Samson known for?
His wisdom

His famous father

His strength

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

Nazirite

Sacred

Christian
6 Who was Samson's first wife?
Judith

Delila

Esther

Timna
7 Which of these feats did Samson perform?
Lifting an entire structure off the ground

Beating a giant in combat

Slaying a lion with his bare hands

Scaling the world's tallest temple
8 Why did the men of Judah deliver Samson to the Philistines?
They were paid in exchange for Samson

They disliked Samson

They were working with Delila

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

Comus

Paradise Regain'd

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
11 What is the dramatic genre of Samson Agonistes?
Romance

Comedy

History

Tragedy
12 What does it mean for a play to be a closet drama?
It was never published

It was written in secret

It was not performed

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

Jonsonian

Shakespearean

Greek
14 Who was the monarch in England when Samson Agonistes was published?
Charles II

James I

Nobody; England was a commonwealth

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

Protectorate

Cromwell's Revenge

Return
16 Which king was executed during the English Civil Wars?
Charles II

Charles I

James I

Elizabeth I
17 Of which institution was John Milton critical during his poetic career?
Marriage

Church of England

Organized religion in general

Education
18 Where did John Milton go to school?
Oxford

Harvard

He did not attend university

Cambridge
19 What is Paradise Lost about?
The sacrifice of Jesus Christ

The fall of man

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?
An exposed root in the ground

A sword

His bare hands

A donkey's jaw bone
22 Milton's poem "When I Consider How My Light is Spent" is written in which form?
Sonnet

Rhyme Royal

Epic

Prose
23 Which does not appear in Samson Agonistes?
Imagery

A chorus

Stage direction

A protagonist
24 Which of these playwrights does Milton not mention in his preface to Samson Agonistes?
Sophocles

Shakespeare

Euripides

Aeschylus
25 Which of these texts most resembles a closet drama?
Plato's Symposium

Marlowe's Tamburlaine

Shakespeare's Hamlet

Jonson's The Alchemist