LITERATURE QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
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Question
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Which of the following statements best exemplifies the main idea put forward by John Milton in book 9 of Paradise Lost?
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Satan was ultimately heroic.
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The fall of Adam and Eve was a tragic event.
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Adam and Eve were driven to evil by their children.
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God abandoned the realm of Eden without reason.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Product Description. Paradise Lost is the story is separated into twelve books, broken down shortly after initial publication, following the model of the Aeneid of Virgil. The books’ lengths vary; longest being Book IX, with 1, 189 lines, and the shortest Book VII, having 640.
Detailed explanation-2: -It is at this moment that the spell is broken, she becomes ‘conscious’, a veil is lifted and realises her sin against God. Her wide eyes and open mouth are mirrored by the snake, but while he is clearly smiling she is not.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Iliad and Aeneid are the great epic poems of Greek and Latin, respectively, and Milton emulate them because he intends Paradise Lost to be the first English epic.
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