Question

match the undefined words in the lines from john miltons paradise lost with their definitions. you may use a dictionary or any other reference material if you do not know the meaning of a word based on the context alone. with hideous ruin and combustion down to bottomless perdition, there to dwell; under a tuft of shade that on a green stood whispering soft, by a fresh fountain side; both of lost happiness and lasting pain torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes that witnessed huge affliction and dismay mix with obstinate pride and steadfast hate; th’ infernal serpent; he it was, whose guile stirr’d up with envy and revenge, deceiv’d. definitions (options): distress, cunning, eternal punishment, grassy area.

Explanation:

To solve this matching problem, we analyze each line from Paradise Lost and match it with the appropriate definition based on context:

1. "With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"

• "perdition" implies eternal punishment (hell, in religious context).
• Match: eternal punishment

2. "Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh Fountain side"

• "green" here refers to a grassy area (a green, grassy spot by a fountain).
• Match: grassy area

3. "Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes That witnessed huge affliction and dismay Mix with obstinate pride and steadfast hate"

• "affliction," "dismay," and "pain" suggest emotional distress.
• Match: distress

4. "Th’ infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stirr’d up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv’d"

• "guile" means cunning (deceitful cleverness, used by the serpent to deceive).
• Match: cunning

Final Matches:

• "With hideous ruin...": eternal punishment
• "Under a tuft of shade...": grassy area
• "Both of lost happiness...": distress
• "Th’ infernal Serpent...": cunning

(If the task requires listing the matches in order, the answers would correspond to the four boxes from top to bottom as: eternal punishment, grassy area, distress, cunning.)

Answer:

To solve this matching problem, we analyze each line from Paradise Lost and match it with the appropriate definition based on context:

1. "With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"

• "perdition" implies eternal punishment (hell, in religious context).
• Match: eternal punishment

2. "Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh Fountain side"

• "green" here refers to a grassy area (a green, grassy spot by a fountain).
• Match: grassy area

3. "Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes That witnessed huge affliction and dismay Mix with obstinate pride and steadfast hate"

• "affliction," "dismay," and "pain" suggest emotional distress.
• Match: distress

4. "Th’ infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stirr’d up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv’d"

• "guile" means cunning (deceitful cleverness, used by the serpent to deceive).
• Match: cunning

Final Matches:

• "With hideous ruin...": eternal punishment
• "Under a tuft of shade...": grassy area
• "Both of lost happiness...": distress
• "Th’ infernal Serpent...": cunning

(If the task requires listing the matches in order, the answers would correspond to the four boxes from top to bottom as: eternal punishment, grassy area, distress, cunning.)