2. What reason does Adam give for hiding?
(a) He has disobeyed God.
(b) He wanted to see how all knowing God was.
(c) He was keeping away from Eve.
(d) His nakedness made him ashamed.

3. What will man be cursed with if he eats from the tree of knowledge?
(a) Women
(b) Sin and death
(c) War
(d) Love and understanding

4. By whom has the poet been inspired?
(a) Satan
(b) The Son of God
(c) The goddess
(d) God

5. What will proclaim the savior's coming?
(a) A star
(b) A storm
(c) A prophet
(d) A faceless voice

6. Who names the animals?
(a) God
(b) Michael
(c) Adam
(d) Eve

7. Whose help does the author go to for to continue the story?
(a) Urania
(b) Uriel
(c) God
(d) Satan

8. What punishment does God give Eve?
(a) The loss of her beauty
(b) A constant headache
(c) Pain in childbirth
(d) The inability to love

9. What does the good man build in Book 11?
(a) An ark
(b) A lake
(c) A palace
(d) A statue

10. With what does Raphael say the Son of God goes forward?
(a) Love
(b) Peace
(c) Abandon
(d) The Word

11. What creature does Satan choose for his purpose?
(a) An elephant
(b) A serpent
(c) A hedgehog
(d) A tiger

12. What does God say on the first day?
(a) Let there be day
(b) Let there be light
(c) Accept my son
(d) Let the fishes swim and the animals crawl

13. From where does Adam claim men's woes spring?
(a) Women
(b) Himself
(c) Love
(d) God

14. What two things does God say his Son will be?
(a) Man and Redeemer
(b) Judge and Savior
(c) Judge and Redeemer
(d) Savior and Light

15. Why is woman inferior to man?
(a) She cannot speak.
(b) She bears less resemblance to God.
(c) She is made from a rib.
(d) She is a simpler creature.