The foundation story of what poem is the Genesis account of the Creation of the world and of Adam and Eve, culminating in the drama of their temptation and fall ?
Correct answer: C. "Paradise Lost"
- A. "Canterbury Tales"
- B. "The Faerie Queen"
- C. "Paradise Lost"
- D. "The Prelude"
Explanation
Paradise Lost retells the Genesis story of Creation, Adam and Eve, their temptation, and the Fall. Its central subject is therefore the biblical Fall rather than the medieval pilgrimage of the Canterbury Tales or the journey in The Prelude.
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