Which statement about the Earth is asserted as true in Paradise Lost ?
Correct answer: B. Earth hangs from Heaven by a chain
- A. It was created before God the Son
- B. Earth hangs from Heaven by a chain
- C. The Earth is a lotus flower
- D. The Earth revolves around the sun
Explanation
Paradise Lost presents the earth as a pendant world suspended from Heaven by a golden chain. The other options either contradict Milton’s imagery or are not the cosmological claim being tested.
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