How many times does Satan work to tempt Jesus in the Gospels ?

Related Mcqs:

1. In the demonic council of Book Two of “Paradise Regained,” who proposes that Satan should tempt Jesus with lust for a beautiful woman the way Solomon was tempted ?

   A. Belial
   B. Beelzebub
   C. Venus
   D. Satan

2. In John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” Satan assumes the character and form of what creature in order to tempt Eve to eat at the Tree of Knowledge ?

   A. A toad
   B. A serpent
   C. A lion
   D. A tiger

3. Identify the speaker of these lines: “sweet Jesus, Jesus love” ?

   A. Julian of Norwich
   B. Margery Kempe
   C. Catherine of Siena
   D. Christine de Pizan

4. In Book Four of “Paradise Regained,” for his final temptation Satan takes Jesus to what location ?

   A. The top of the Pantheon in Rome
   B. The Pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem
   C. The top of a “Mountain high”
   D. “Up to the middle Region of thick Air”

5. In the first 75 lines of Book One of “Paradise Regained,” Satan refers to which person he has recently seen, who is identified by the following quote? “Before him [Jesus] a great Prophet, to proclaim / His coming, is sent Harbinger, who all / Invites, and in the Consecrated stream / Pretends to wash off sin” ?

   A. John the Apostle
   B. John the Baptist
   C. Michael the Archangel
   D. Joseph, Jesus’s stepfather

6. Throughout the poem, Satan transforms himself into many creatures. Which creature does Satan not turn into ?

   A. a mouse
   B. a cherub
   C. a toad
   D. a serpent

7. ’Book 1’ of ’Paradise Lost’ presents Satan with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and speaks to them. The first he addresses is described as ’one next to himself in power, and next in crime, long after known in Palestine’. What’s the name of this fallen angel?

   A. Mammon
   B. Moloch
   C. Beelzebub
   D. Ashtaroth

8. How does The Cross, as speaker, portray Jesus in The Dream of the Rood ?

   A. As the suffering Christ
   B. As the ransom God demands for the sins of humanity
   C. As a special Jewish teacher
   D. As the heroic noble warrior

9. Early in Book Two of “Paradise Regained,” who yearns to see the missing Jesus (who has wandered into the desert) ?

   A. First Mary, then Joseph
   B. First Andrew and Simon (Peter), then Mary
   C. First Mary, then James and John
   D. First Peter, then Paul and Mary

10. On the second day of battle in heaven, what does Satan use that surprises God’s forces ?

    A. Catapults
    B. Artillery
    C. Illusions
    D. The Holy Sepulcher