What is the title to Milton's blank-verse epic that assimilates and critiques the epic tradition ?
Correct answer: C. Paradise Lost
- A. L'Allegro
- B. Lycidas
- C. Paradise Lost
- D. The Divine Comedy
Explanation
Paradise Lost is Milton’s monumental blank-verse epic, drawing on classical and biblical epic while also questioning and reshaping that tradition. L’Allegro and Lycidas are shorter poems, while The Divine Comedy is Dante’s epic.
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