【正确答案】：
A. THE THEME IS THE "FALL OF MAN," I.E. MAN'S DISOBEDIENCE AND THE LOSS OF PARADISE, WITH ITS PRIME CAUSE—SATAN. MILTON INTENDED TO EXPOSE THE WAYS OF SATAN AND TO "JUSTIFY THE WAYS OF GOD TO MEN"
B. AT THE CENTER OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN HUMAN LOVE AND SPIRITUAL DUTY LIES MILTON'S CONCERN WITH FREEDOM AND CHOICES; THE FREEDOM TO SUBMIT TO GOD'S PROHIBITION ON EATING THE APPLE AND CHOICE OF DISOBEDIENCE FOR LOVE.
C. MILTON'S POEM ATTEMPTS TO CONVINCE US THAT THE TRUTH OF BIBLICAL REVELATION MEANS THAT GOD WAS JUST IN ALLOWING ADAM AND EVE TO BE TEMPTED AND, OF THEIR FREE WILL, TO CHOOSE SIN AND ITS PUNISHMENT.
D. THE POEM OPENS THE WAY FOR THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST WHICH SHOWED THE MERCY OF GOD IN BRINGING GOOD OUT OF EVIL. 
【题目解析】：本题主要考查失乐园的主题、作者的创作意图以及弥尔顿想要表达的含义。1. 主题是“人的堕落”，即人的不顺服和乐园的丧失，其主要原因是撒旦。弥尔顿想要揭露撒旦的行为方式并“为上帝对人类的惩罚辩护”。2. 在人类爱情与精神道德义务之间的矛盾中展示了弥尔顿对自由与抉择的关心；屈从于上帝禁吃智慧果的命令以及对因爱情而叛逆的选择。3. 弥尔顿的诗试图说服我们，圣经启示的真相意味着，上帝允许亚当和夏娃受试探，并根据他们的自由意志，选择罪和罪的惩罚，掌握天机的上帝是公正的。4. 这首诗为基督的献祭开辟了道路，它显示了上帝的怜悯，使善从邪恶中解脱出来。