John Milton claimed from an early age that he would become ?
Correct answer: C. England's poet laureate
- A. England's first poet
- B. England's first dramatist
- C. England's poet laureate
- D. England's greatest civil engineer
Explanation
Milton believed from youth that he was destined for exceptional poetic achievement and was often described as aspiring to become England's poet laureate. The question's wording points to option C rather than to drama or engineering.
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