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## 50 MCQs with Answers on "On His Blindness" by John Milton
Instructions:
Choose the best answer for each multiple-choice question.1. What is the central theme of "On His Blindness"?
a) The beauty of nature
b) The loss of sight and its implications
c) The power of faith
d) The inevitability of death
Answer: b)*2. What is the speaker's primary concern in the poem?
a) The physical limitations of blindness
b) The loss of his ability to write poetry
c) His fear of eternal damnation
d) His inability to serve God
Answer: d)*3. The poem's opening lines, "When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this dark world and wide," establish what?
a) The speaker's resignation to his blindness
b) The speaker's sense of time running out
c) The speaker's despair at his lost potential
d) The speaker's belief in a higher purpose
Answer: b)*4. What does the speaker mean by "light" in the opening lines?
a) The physical ability to see
b) The light of God's grace
c) The inspiration for his poetry
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*5. The phrase "dark world and wide" refers to:
a) The physical world devoid of light
b) The world of sin and darkness
c) The speaker's inner world of despair
d) The vastness of the universe
Answer: a)*6. What is the speaker's initial reaction to his blindness?
a) Acceptance
b) Anger
c) Fear
d) Resignation
Answer: b)*7. What does the speaker compare himself to in the line "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?"
a) A slave
b) A laborer
c) A soldier
d) A poet
Answer: b)*8. The speaker's question "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" suggests what?
a) God's unfairness in demanding work from the blind
b) The speaker's feeling of inadequacy
c) The speaker's longing for a life of ease
d) The speaker's desire to serve God despite his disability
Answer: a)*9. What is the speaker's argument for the usefulness of blindness?
a) Blindness can help one focus on spiritual matters
b) Blindness can foster a stronger sense of community
c) Blindness can sharpen one's other senses
d) Blindness can inspire greater creativity
Answer: a)*10. The speaker's statement "They also serve who only stand and wait" suggests what?
a) Blindness is a form of service to God
b) Passive obedience is an acceptable form of worship
c) Those who cannot work can still be useful to God
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*11. The line "God doth not need / Either man's work or his own gifts" reveals what about God?
a) God is independent and self-sufficient
b) God does not care about human suffering
c) God is indifferent to human needs
d) God is not interested in human achievements
Answer: a)*12. The speaker's reference to the "unseen work" suggests what?
a) God's work in the world
b) The speaker's internal struggles
c) The hidden value of blindness
d) The speaker's desire to find a new purpose
Answer: a)*13. What is the speaker's ultimate conclusion in the poem?
a) He must resign himself to his blindness
b) He must find a new purpose in life
c) He must accept God's will
d) He must strive to overcome his disability
Answer: c)*14. The poem's tone can best be described as:
a) Joyful
b) Defiant
c) Hopeless
d) Resigned
Answer: d)*15. What is the significance of the poem's title, "On His Blindness"?
a) It reveals the subject of the poem
b) It highlights the speaker's personal experience
c) It emphasizes the speaker's physical limitation
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*16. The poem's structure can be described as:
a) A sonnet
b) A free verse poem
c) An ode
d) An elegy
Answer: a)*17. The poem's rhyme scheme is:
a) ABBAABBA CDECDE
b) ABBA CDCD EFEF GG
c) AABB CDCD EFEF GG
d) ABAB CDCD EEAA GG
Answer: a)*18. The poem's meter is:
a) Iambic pentameter
b) Iambic tetrameter
c) Trochaic pentameter
d) Trochaic tetrameter
Answer: a)*19. The poem uses several literary devices, including:
a) Metaphor
b) Personification
c) Simile
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*20. The line "They also serve who only stand and wait" is an example of:
a) Metaphor
b) Personification
c) Simile
d) Hyperbole
Answer: a)*21. The speaker's use of the word "dark" throughout the poem symbolizes what?
a) The literal darkness of blindness
b) The spiritual darkness of sin
c) The darkness of the unknown
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*22. The poem's references to "light" and "darkness" create a sense of what?
a) Contrast
b) Conflict
c) Ambiguity
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*23. The speaker's use of rhetorical questions throughout the poem serves to do what?
a) Express his confusion
b) Engage the reader in his thoughts
c) Emphasize his inner conflict
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*24. The poem's conclusion, "God's purpose to fulfill," suggests what?
a) The speaker's acceptance of his fate
b) The speaker's belief in a higher purpose
c) The speaker's hope for the future
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*25. The poem's theme of service to God resonates with what other works by Milton?
a) *Paradise Lost*
b) *Paradise Regained*
c) *Samson Agonistes*
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*26. What is the meaning of the word "ere" in the line "When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this dark world and wide"?
a) Before
b) After
c) During
d) Despite
Answer: a)*27. What is the meaning of the word "exact" in the line "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?"
a) Demand
b) Offer
c) Require
d) Permit
Answer: a)*28. What is the meaning of the word "denied" in the line "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?"
a) Refused
b) Granted
c) Lost
d) Hidden
Answer: a)*29. What is the meaning of the word "gifts" in the line "God doth not need / Either man's work or his own gifts"?
a) Talents
b) Possessions
c) Blessings
d) Sacrifices
Answer: a)*30. What is the meaning of the word "unseen" in the line "He that is stroke blind cannot forget / The precious treasure of his eyesight lost: / Though blind, always remembering what he saw: / He feels it in himself: that he was born / For some great work, he knows not what."?
a) Hidden
b) Invisible
c) Unknown
d) Unimportant
Answer: c)*31. What is the meaning of the word "stroke" in the line "He that is stroke blind cannot forget / The precious treasure of his eyesight lost: / Though blind, always remembering what he saw: / He feels it in himself: that he was born / For some great work, he knows not what."?
a) Suddenly
b) Slowly
c) Deliberately
d) Accidentally
Answer: a)*32. What is the meaning of the word "treasure" in the line "He that is stroke blind cannot forget / The precious treasure of his eyesight lost: / Though blind, always remembering what he saw: / He feels it in himself: that he was born / For some great work, he knows not what."?
a) Possession
b) Experience
c) Knowledge
d) Skill
Answer: b)*33. What is the meaning of the word "purpose" in the line "God's purpose to fulfill"?
a) Goal
b) Intention
c) Desire
d) Duty
Answer: b)*34. What is the meaning of the word "fulfill" in the line "God's purpose to fulfill"?
a) Accomplish
b) Understand
c) Accept
d) Believe
Answer: a)*35. What is the meaning of the word "spent" in the line "When I consider how my light is spent"?
a) Wasted
b) Used up
c) Lost
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*36. What is the meaning of the word "wide" in the line "Ere half my days in this dark world and wide"?
a) Vast
b) Open
c) Endless
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*37. What is the meaning of the word "day-labour" in the line "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?"?
a) Physical work
b) Mental work
c) Spiritual work
d) All of the above
Answer: a)*38. What is the meaning of the word "stand" in the line "They also serve who only stand and wait"?
a) Remain
b) Resist
c) Submit
d) Observe
Answer: a)*39. What is the meaning of the word "wait" in the line "They also serve who only stand and wait"?
a) Anticipate
b) Endure
c) Hope
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*40. What is the meaning of the word "need" in the line "God doth not need"?
a) Require
b) Want
c) Desire
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*41. What is the meaning of the word "born" in the line "He feels it in himself: that he was born / For some great work"?
a) Created
b) Destined
c) Intended
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*42. What is the meaning of the word "work" in the line "He feels it in himself: that he was born / For some great work"?
a) Task
b) Purpose
c) Mission
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*43. What is the meaning of the word "knows not what" in the line "He feels it in himself: that he was born / For some great work, he knows not what."?
a) Is unsure of
b) Does not understand
c) Is unaware of
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*44. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a sonnet?
a) 14 lines
b) Iambic pentameter
c) Rhyme scheme
d) Free verse
Answer: d)*45. Which of the following is a synonym for "exact" in the line "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?"?
a) Demand
b) Offer
c) Require
d) Permit
Answer: a)*46. Which of the following is an antonym for "treasure" in the line "He that is stroke blind cannot forget / The precious treasure of his eyesight lost"?
a) Burden
b) Gift
c) Reward
d) Blessing
Answer: a)*47. Which of the following is a synonym for "fulfill" in the line "God's purpose to fulfill"?
a) Accomplish
b) Understand
c) Accept
d) Believe
Answer: a)*48. Which of the following is an antonym for "wide" in the line "Ere half my days in this dark world and wide"?
a) Narrow
b) Limited
c) Small
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*49. Which of the following is a synonym for "spent" in the line "When I consider how my light is spent"?
a) Wasted
b) Used up
c) Lost
d) All of the above
Answer: d)*50. Which of the following is NOT a theme explored in "On His Blindness"?
a) The loss of sight
b) The inevitability of death
c) The power of faith
d) The beauty of nature
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