Why Did John Milton Write Paradise Lost

question 5

Multiple Choice

Why did John Milton write Paradise Lost?

• A)To provide England with its epic
• B)To justify the ways of God to men
• C)To criticize the Stuart monarchy
• D)To explain why people sin

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Materialism

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