Paradise Lost, Excerpts from Books 9 to 12

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  1. Satan returns to Eden in:
    The body of a serpent
    In a mist
    The guise of a lamb
  2. At the beginning of Book 9, Milton announces that he will now turn his attention to:
    The temptation of Eve and the Fall
    The wars between the good and evil angels in Heaven
    The expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden
  3. To seduce Adam and Eve, Satan chooses to disguise himself as a:
    Mist
    Serpent
    Lamb
    Goat
  4. When we first see Adam and Eve in Book 9, we hear that they have something of a problem:
    They are bored; there is nothing to do.
    They are having problems keeping up with their gardening.
    Eve wants them to tend the garden together, rather than separately.
  5. Who says, "Let us divide our labors" and to whom?
    Eve to Adam
    Adam to Eve
    Satan to Eve
    Satan to Adam
  6. Who says, "For not to irksome toil, but to delight/He made us" and to whom?
    Eve to Adam
    Adam to Eve
    Satan to Eve
    Satan to Adam
  7. Who says "If this be our condition, thus to dwell/In narrow circuit straitened by a foe. . .How then are we happy" and to whom?
    Eve to Adam
    Adam to Eve
    Satan to Eve
    Satan to Adam
  8. Who says "Thoughts, whither have ye led me?" and to whom?
    Satan says this to Eve, alluding to her great beauty.
    Eve says this herself as she contemplates whether to eat of the forbidden fruit.
    Satan says this to himself, being so dazzled by the beauty of Eve that he has forgotten his mission.
  9. When Satan as serpent first addresses Eve, he:
    Urges her to eat of the forbidden fruit
    Explains to her how he has been given power of speech, though only an animal
    Praises her great beauty
  10. Satan, disguised as the serpent, tells Eve that he got the power of speech by:
    Watching and imitating Adam and Eve
    Being granted the gift from God ("strange alteration in me")
    Having eaten the fruit from some tree in the Garden of Eden
  11. At her request, Satan leads Eve to:
    The Tree of Life
    The Tree of Knowledge
    The Forest of Error
    The edge of the Garden of Eden where Adam and Eve have been forbidden to go
  12. Concerning the forbidden fruit:
    Eve is tricked by Satan into eating of it; she doesn.t realize it is the forbidden fruit.
    Eve recognizes it as the forbidden fruit and eats of it in full knowledge.
  13. When Adam and Eve reunite after she has eaten of the fruit:
    She urges him to eat the fruit she has collected, not telling him what tree it is from.
    She tells him she has eaten the forbidden fruit, how marvelous it is, urging him to do the same.
    She tells him nothing, pretends as though nothing has happened.
  14. Once they.ve eaten the fruit, Adam and Eve:
    Feel great sorrow at their wrongful deed.
    Return to their gardening as if nothing has happened.
    Grow intoxicated, become inflamed with lascivious desire, feel like gods.
  15. Who says "Cover me, ye pines,/Ye cedars, with innumerable boughs/Hide me"?
    Adam
    Eve
    Satan
    Sin
    Death
  16. Adam eats of the forbidden fruit also because:
    He is also seduced by the words of Satan, disguised as the serpent.
    He is attracted by the power that the fruit is promised to give them.
    He is loyal to Eve and will not be parted from her.
  17. On return to Hell, Satan addresses his fallen angels and boasts of his exploits. When he does:
    All of the fallen angels hiss ("dismal universal hiss"), instead of cheering and applauding him.
    The fallen angels applaud and cheer him ("universal shout and high applause").
    The fallen angels break into arguments about who will go to Earth, who will do evil deeds.
  18. In their great despair and anguish after the fall, Adam and Eve, after long bitter debate, decide to:
    Ask God for mercy, forgiveness, and guidance
    Commit suicide
    Not have children so that their children will not experience their great grief and torment
  19. Adam and Eve are shown the way out of the Garden of Eden by:

    The angel
    Michael
    The angel Raphael
    Son of God
    God
    Satan
    Sin and death
  20. Adam and Eve leave the Garden of Eden by:
    The eastern gate
    The western gate
    The northern gate
    The southern gate

   

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