If thou beëst he——but O how fallen! how changed/From him who in

If thou beëst he——but O how fallen! how changed/From him who in the happy realms of light/Clothed with transcendent brightness didst outshine/Myriads, though bright! if he whom mutual league/ United thoughts and counsels,equal hope/And hazard in the glorious enterprise,/ Joined with me once,now misery hath joined In equal ruin；into what pit thou seest...”
Questions:
A.Where is this excerpt taken from? Who is the author?
B.What is the theme of it?
C.What does the poet intend to do in writing it?
D.Whom does ,he" refer to ?
【正确答案】：A. The excerpt is taken from Paradise Lost by Milton.
B.The story is taken from Genesis of the Bible. The theme is the “Fall of Man”.
C.Milton intended to expose the ways of Satan and to "justify the ways of God to men".
D.The word "he” refers to God.(p74)