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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did God send Raphael to Hell while he created earth?
(a) To hold talks with Satan
(b) To punish him
(c) To find himself a wife
(d) To make sure no one escaped

2. What does Adam say he has been comparing at the beginning of Book 8?
(a) The earth and the sky
(b) Man and woman
(c) The sun and the moon
(d) Animals and humans

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

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

5. What two weapons is Michael carrying in Book 11?
(a) An axe and a chain
(b) A sword and a spear
(c) A sword and a shield
(d) An axe and a shield

6. How do Satan's followers respond to his victory?
(a) By holding up hell's flag
(b) By hissing
(c) By stamping
(d) By booing

7. What is happening to the people in the lazar-house?
(a) They are dying of terrible diseases.
(b) They are talking in different tongues.
(c) They are giving birth.
(d) They are being tortured.

8. What is Eve amazed that the serpent can do?
(a) Recognize human beauty
(b) Speak
(c) Climb the tree
(d) Dance

9. What reason does the serpent give for God not allowing Eve to eat from the tree?
(a) It would make her higher than God.
(b) It would make her superior to man.
(c) It would make her like God.
(d) It would make her happy.

10. What time do Adam and Eve agree to meet?
(a) Dusk
(b) 2 pm
(c) Noon
(d) Midnight

11. What rescues the man from being killed in the war?
(a) A cloud
(b) A bolt of lightning
(c) A whirlwind
(d) A child

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

13. From whom does Eve prefer to learn?
(a) God
(b) Adam
(c) Mother Nature
(d) The angels

14. What is God's final creation?
(a) Man
(b) Trees
(c) Apes
(d) Air

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Jesus' sacrifice defeat?

2. What does Adam realize is the highest victory?

3. Why does Michael say the tyrant will build a tower?

4. With what is Michael to guard paradise?

5. After whose image has Eve been fashioned?

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