A. Adam
B. Eve
C. Satan
D. Snake
Related Mcqs:
- The fruit of which tree were Adam and Eve forbidden to eat ?
A. Tree of Life
B. Tree of God
C. Tree of Sin
D. Tree of Knowledge - “Of Man’s first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe,With loss of Eden.” This is an extract from ?
A. Paradise Lost
B. Paradise Regained
C. Samson Agonistes
D. Divorce Tracts - The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject ?
A. Sexuality
B. Criticism of the queen
C. Murder
D. Witchcraft - 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 - What character in “Paradise Lost” is first tempted to eat of the Tree of Knowledge ?
A. Raphael
B. Eve
C. Adam
D. The Son - Which of the following is not an animal Hare prepared for humans to eat ?
A. Bear
B. Elk
C. Horse
D. Both A and B - Jonathan Swift’s suggestion in “A Modest Proposal” that the Irish eat their children exemplifies the characteristics of a satire in all of the following ways EXCEPT_______________?
A. its mocking tone.
B. its absurd response to a real issue.
C. its sentimental plea to its audience.
D. its attempt to shock readers into acting. - The lines “The loveliest and the last\The bloom, whose petals nipped before they blew\Died on the promise of the fruit” are from a poem honoring________________?
A. Percy Shelley
B. John Keats
C. Lord Byron
D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Who might be considered the friendliest and most sociable of all God’s angels ?
A. Adam
B. Michael
C. Raphael
D. Lucifer - In the phrase, “thy seed shall bruise our foe,” the “seed” refers to______________?
A. The Tree of Knowledge
B. Adam
C. Cane and Abel
D. Jesus Christ
