Samuel Johnson’s Life of Milton, Exam Based Questions

Exam Based Questions, Samuel Johnson’s Life of Milton

Samuel Johnson’s Life of Milton

1. Samuel Johnson’s Life of Milton is part of: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) Lives of the Poets

B) The Rambler Essays

C) Preface to Shakespeare

D) A Dictionary of the English Language

Ans: A) Lives of the Poets

2. The Lives of the Poets was published between: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2020)

A) 1779-1781

B) 1750-1755

C) 1765-1768

D) 1785-1790

Ans: A) 1779-1781

3. Samuel Johnson criticizes Milton’s: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2021)

A) Use of blank verse

B) Political affiliations

C) Lack of education

D) Travel writings

Ans: A) Use of blank verse

4. Johnson refers to Milton’s politics as: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2020)

A) Hostile to monarchy

B) Supportive of the king

C) Apolitical

D) Focused on colonial matters

Ans: A) Hostile to monarchy

5. In Life of Milton, Johnson praises Milton’s: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) Sublime imagination

B) Simplicity of style

C) Comedic writing

D) Political pamphlets

Ans: A) Sublime imagination

6. Johnson faults Milton for his: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Latinate syntax

B) Simple vocabulary

C) Use of rhymed couplets

D) Comic scenes

Ans: A) Latinate syntax

7. Johnson believed that poetry should: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Please and instruct

B) Focus solely on religious themes

C) Be free of rules

D) Avoid moral lessons

Ans: A) Please and instruct

8. Johnson accuses Milton of being: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Morally austere and politically dangerous

B) Light-hearted and comic

C) A loyal servant of the king

D) Uninterested in poetry

Ans: A) Morally austere and politically dangerous

9. Johnson criticizes Milton’s sonnets for: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) Their lack of variety

B) Their overuse of rhyme

C) Their political content

D) Their brevity

Ans: A) Their lack of variety

10. Johnson’s biography of Milton reflects his: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Neoclassical values

B) Romantic sensibility

C) Modernist perspective

D) Post-colonial ideas

Ans: A) Neoclassical values

11. Johnson praises Milton’s Paradise Lost for its: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Sublimity and grandeur

B) Use of rhyme

C) Comic elements

D) Dialogue-driven structure

Ans: A) Sublimity and grandeur

12. Johnson’s Life of Milton criticizes: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Milton’s blank verse for being monotonous

B) Milton’s grammar mistakes

C) Milton’s romantic plots

D) Milton’s prose style

Ans: A) Milton’s blank verse for being monotonous

13. Johnson accuses Milton of: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Pride and contempt for custom

B) Excessive humility

C) Laziness in writing

D) Plagiarizing his sources

Ans: A) Pride and contempt for custom

14. Johnson notes that Milton’s blindness led to: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) His reliance on amanuenses

B) The end of his writing career

C) His move to France

D) His involvement in war

Ans: A) His reliance on amanuenses

15. According to Johnson, Milton’s politics were: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) Republican and Puritanical

B) Royalist

C) Catholic

D) Libertarian

Ans: A) Republican and Puritanical

16. Johnson’s method in Life of Milton is: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Biographical and critical

B) Purely narrative

C) Satirical

D) Fictionalized

Ans: A) Biographical and critical

17. Johnson believed Milton’s prose was: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Harsh and polemical

B) Soft and musical

C) Romantic and lyrical

D) Reserved and concise

Ans: A) Harsh and polemical

18. Johnson respected Milton’s: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Literary achievements despite political differences

B) Absolute monarchy views

C) Focus on social reform

D) Science writings

Ans: A) Literary achievements despite political differences

19. Johnson described Milton’s blank verse as: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Uniform and lacking variety

B) The best form of poetry

C) Revolutionary and perfect

D) Better than rhyme

Ans: A) Uniform and lacking variety

20. Johnson accuses Milton of neglecting: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) The pleasures of rhyme

B) The classical unities

C) Narrative structure

D) Pastoral themes

Ans: A) The pleasures of rhyme

21. Johnson sees poetry’s primary purpose as: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Instruction and delight

B) Solely political expression

C) Pure entertainment

D) Religious devotion

Ans: A) Instruction and delight

22. Johnson’s assessment of Milton shows: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Admiration mixed with criticism

B) Pure condemnation

C) Complete praise

D) Indifference

Ans: A) Admiration mixed with criticism

23. Milton’s prose works mentioned in Life of Milton include: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) Areopagitica

B) The Pilgrim’s Progress

C) Pamela

D) Rasselas

Ans: A) Areopagitica

24. Johnson criticizes Milton for his: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Egotism and political radicalism

B) Love of court life

C) Lack of religious faith

D) Romantic plots

Ans: A) Egotism and political radicalism

25. Johnson notes that Milton’s wife: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Left him and then returned

B) Died before his fame

C) Was a royalist sympathizer

D) Wrote poetry

Ans: A) Left him and then returned

26. In Johnson’s view, Milton’s character was: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Rigid and austere

B) Playful and comic

C) Ignorant of politics

D) Entirely selfless

Ans: A) Rigid and austere

27. Johnson believed that Milton’s politics harmed: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2019)

A) His reputation among contemporaries

B) His poetic output

C) His family life

D) His scholarly pursuits

Ans: A) His reputation among contemporaries

28. Milton’s Paradise Lost was, according to Johnson: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) The greatest epic in English

B) A minor work

C) Inferior to Dryden’s works

D) Merely a religious text

Ans: A) The greatest epic in English

29. Johnson argued that Milton’s style was influenced by: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) His classical learning

B) French romanticism

C) Medieval legends

D) Elizabethan drama

Ans: A) His classical learning

30. Johnson’s literary criticism was guided by: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Common sense and morality

B) Political agendas

C) Revolutionary aesthetics

D) Scientific method

Ans: A) Common sense and morality

31. Johnson describes Milton’s life as: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) A mixture of glory and sorrow

B) A story of constant failure

C) A romantic adventure

D) Entirely focused on travel

Ans: A) A mixture of glory and sorrow

32. Johnson accused Milton of having: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Pride in his abilities

B) No knowledge of Latin

C) No influence on literature

D) A desire to remain unknown

Ans: A) Pride in his abilities

33. Johnson’s assessment of Milton reflects: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) The tensions between art and politics

B) Total rejection of Milton’s work

C) Exclusive focus on Milton’s life

D) Blind praise for Milton

Ans: A) The tensions between art and politics

34. Johnson discusses Milton’s: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Political pamphlets and poems

B) Plays and novels

C) Travel diaries

D) Scientific essays

Ans: A) Political pamphlets and poems

35. Milton’s role in the Commonwealth government was: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Latin Secretary

B) Prime Minister

C) Military General

D) Poet Laureate

Ans: A) Latin Secretary

36. Johnson believed Milton’s early education was: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Excellent and rigorous

B) Neglected and poor

C) Unnecessary for poetry

D) Focused only on religion

Ans: A) Excellent and rigorous

37. Johnson’s Life of Milton is an example of: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Critical biography

B) Pure autobiography

C) Dramatic fiction

D) Satirical verse

Ans: A) Critical biography

38. Johnson wrote Life of Milton for: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) A collected edition of poets

B) A church commission

C) Personal leisure

D) A royal court request

Ans: A) A collected edition of poets

39. Johnson’s tone in Life of Milton is: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Balanced, with both praise and criticism

B) Entirely satirical

C) Worshipful and uncritical

D) Disinterested

Ans: A) Balanced, with both praise and criticism

40. Johnson evaluates Milton’s prose style as: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) Harsh and polemical

B) Elegant and smooth

C) Confusing and obscure

D) Whimsical

Ans: A) Harsh and polemical

41. Johnson’s religious views influenced his: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) Criticism of Milton’s Puritanism

B) Love of Catholic rituals

C) Promotion of atheism

D) Indifference to religion

Ans: A) Criticism of Milton’s Puritanism

42. Johnson believed that Milton’s poetry was: (UGC NET 2021, PGTRB 2021)

A) The result of genius shaped by learning

B) Mere imitation

C) Uninfluential

D) Politically motivated entirely

Ans: A) The result of genius shaped by learning

43. Johnson’s Life of Milton remains: (UGC NET 2020, PGTRB 2020)

A) A significant early example of literary biography

B) An obscure work rarely read

C) A collection of poems

D) A travel narrative

Ans: A) A significant early example of literary biography