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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Adam blame for eating the forbidden fruit?
(a) Himself
(b) The serpent
(c) Satan
(d) Eve

2. What does Adam remind Eve in Book 9?
(a) She is inferior to him.
(b) God has given them free will.
(c) She is the most beautiful woman in the world.
(d) She has to go shopping.

3. What does Eve think is the source of life?
(a) Adam
(b) God
(c) Her womb
(d) The rain

4. What does Michael say will eventually happen to the church?
(a) It will no longer be needed.
(b) It will destroy itself.
(c) It will be corrupted by power.
(d) It will take over the world.

5. How does the serpent claim he gained the gift of speech?
(a) By eating the forbidding fruit
(b) By listening to Adam and Eve
(c) By studying hard
(d) By doing as God says

Short Answer Questions

1. What will man be cursed with if he eats from the tree of knowledge?

2. After whose image has Eve been fashioned?

3. What does the poet warn the reader at the beginning of Book 9?

4. On what day does Satan find a way to sneak back to Eden?

5. What will God curse to gain revenge on the tyrant and his followers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does God create another world?

2. Why does Adam also decide to eat the fruit?

3. What will be Adam and Eve's punishment?

4. What is Adam's reason for wanting a mate?

5. Why does Adam want Eve to stay with him?

6. How do Adam and Eve come to terms with leaving paradise?

7. How will man get to the promised land?

8. In what way does Raphael say woman is inferior to man?

9. What has Adam learned from his experience?

10. Why does Adam still feel hope?

(see the answer keys)

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