1. John Milton was born on December 9, ………….
   1. 1680 in London
   2. 1608 in Paris
   3. 1608 in London
   4. 1502 in Paris
2. Milton’s father was a prosperous merchant, despite the fact that he had been disowned by his family when he:
   1. Became against the king
   2. Abandoned his father.
   3. converted from Catholicism to Protestantism.
   4. All false.
3. Milton excelled in school, and went on to study privately in his twenties and thirties. "exelled" means:
   1. He was very good in school.
   2. He ran away from his school.
   3. He was refused to be admitted to school.
   4. All false
4. After staying in Italy for almost 3 years, Milton felt obliged to return home upon:
   1. The outbreak of civil war in Italy.
   2. The outbreak of civil war in England.
   3. Very complicated family affairs.
   4. All false.
5. Upon his return from Italy, he began planning ………………., the first ever written in English.
   1. A long novel
   2. An epic poem
   3. A translation of the Bible.
   4. All false
6. The marital life between Milton and his wife could be described as:
   1. Very happy
   2. Very stable
   3. Instable
   4. A and B
7. As a result of the nature of his marriage relation, Milton's writing were:
   1. Calling for MORE leniency (تساهل) in the church's position on divorce.
   2. Calling for LESS leniency (تساهل) in the church's position on divorce.
   3. Calling for marriage to be established on prior love.
   4. All false
8. Milton's argument brought him:
   1. Greater publicity
   2. Greater friendship with the church.
   3. Angry criticism from the religious establishment in England.
   4. Both A and C
9. When the Second Civil War ended in 1648, with King Charles dethroned and executed, Milton:
   1. Became against the new parliament.
   2. Welcomed the new parliament and wrote pamphlets in its support.
   3. Was sent in diplomatic mission.
   4. All false
10. After serving for a few years in a civil position, he retired briefly to his house in Westminster because:
    1. His eyesight was failing. By 1652 he was completely blind.
    2. The parliament didn't forgive his support to the king.
    3. He became completely deaf
    4. A and C
11. Paradise Lost was published in 1667, a year after:
    1. The Civil War started.
    2. The Great Fire of London.
    3. The victory of Cromwell
    4. All false
12. After the Restoration, Milton had to;
    1. Escape and hide.
    2. Return home.
    3. Be released from his prison.
    4. All false
13. The greatness of Milton’s epic was:
    1. barely recognized during his life.
    2. immediately recognized and got positively commented by the respected poets.
    3. Only appreciated by the poor class.
    4. All false.
14. Milton died at home on November 8, 1674. By all accounts, Milton led a studious and quiet life from his youth up until his death. We can understand from the mentioned text that he was:
    1. A hard working man.
    2. A trouble making man.
    3. An adventurous man.
    4. All false.
15. Milton's great achievement in his education refers to:
    1. His teachers.
    2. The successful education system in England at his time.
    3. His father’s wealth that availed a lot of chances for him to go further in his education.
    4. His wife's support.
16. The highest degree Milton achieved was:
    1. Bachelor
    2. PHD
    3. High school diploma.
    4. Master.

1. Milton spent 1632 to 1638—his mid to late twenties—:
   1. Reading the classics in Greek and Latin.
   2. Learning new theories in mathematics and music.
   3. Writing his great epic.
   4. A and B
2. Milton's relation with languages could be described in one of the following statements:
   1. He was faithful only to his mother language.
   2. He was fluent in many languages.
   3. He found it difficult to learn more that two languages.
   4. He was not interested at all in classic languages.
3. In his twenties, Milton wrote …………. masterful long poems.
   1. Two
   2. Three
   3. Five
   4. ten
4. Milton's early poems were:
   1. Not of great level.
   2. Influential and important.
   3. Political.
   4. All false.
5. One of the following is NOT from Milton's early poems:
   1. “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity,”
6. “Comus,”
   1. “Lycidas,”
7. “Fever,”
8. In Milton’s early poems, his literary output was guided by:
   1. His faith in God.
   2. His own qualifications.
   3. His intensive education.
   4. His wife's support.
9. One of the following does NOT apply to how Milton believed:
   1. Poetry should give more care to individual.
   2. All poetry served a social, philosophical, and religious purpose.
   3. Poetry should glorify God and promote religious values
   4. Poetry should enlighten readers, and help people to become better Christians.
10. To describe Milton's achievement in prose, like essays and pamphlets, we can say:
    1. He was also a prolific writer of essays and pamphlets
    2. He was interested only in poetry.
    3. His writing in this branch was very little.
    4. All false
11. Milton's prose writings did not bring Milton public acclaim. This means:
    1. It didn’t bring fame to him.
    2. It didn't make the public welcome his writings.
    3. It didn't attract the public.
    4. All false