Quiz 10

Question 1

a long narrative poem in elevated or dignified language that tells the story of a hero and reflects the values of a culture

Answer 1

epic poetry

Question 2

celestial; heavenly

Answer 2

ethereal

Question 3

unbreakable

Answer 3

adamantine

Question 4

to bitterly regret

Answer 4

rue

Question 5

angels with three wings; member of the highest order of angels

Answer 5

Seraphim

Question 6

locations where God delivered the Ten Commandments to Moses

Answer 6

Oreb and Sinai

Question 7

wild; turbulent

Answer 7

tempestuous

Question 8

eternal punishment; damnation

Answer 8

perdition

Question 9

refusing to change course of action; unyielding

Answer 9

obdurate

Question 10

Urania

Answer 10

Heavenly Muse

Question 11

a very steep drop

Answer 11

precipice

Question 12

the continuation of a sentence without pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

Answer 12

enjambment

Question 13

doubtful; uncertain

Answer 13

dubious

Question 14

the ruler of the realm of confusion on the edge of hell

Answer 14

Chaos

Question 15

heavenly; divine

Answer 15

supernal

Question 16

poetic form of Paradise Lost

Answer 16

iambic pentameter blank verse

Question 17

invoking the Heavenly Muse

Answer 17

epic convention

Question 18

“Th’ infernal Serpent; he it was whose guile

Stirred up with envy and revenge …”

Answer 18

seduced our “grandparents”

Question 19

where Satan was thrown

Answer 19

“adamantine chains and penal fire”

Question 20

Satan’s resolution

Answer 20

• “Yet not for those,*
• Nor what the potent Victor in his rage*
• Can else inflict, do I repent or change”*

Question 21

• “Titanian or Earth-born, that warred on Jove,*
• Briareos or Typhon, whom the den*
• By ancient Tarsus held”*

Answer 21

Satan described through simile

Question 22

“And high permission of all-ruling heaven”

Answer 22

“Left him at large to his own dark designs”

Question 23

Milton’s request and aim

Answer 23

• “…what in me is dark*
• Illumine, what is lowe raise and support;*
• That to the height of this great argument,*
• I may assert Eternal Providence,*
• And justify the ways of God to men.”*

Question 24

the usual material of epic poetry

Answer 24

heroes fighting in great battles

Question 25

why God left Satan “at large to his own dark designs”

Answer 25

to see how all his malice served only to bring forth infinite goodness, grace, and mercy on man