The fruit of which tree were Adam and Eve forbidden to eat ?
Correct answer: D. Tree of Knowledge
- A. Tree of Life
- B. Tree of God
- C. Tree of Sin
- D. Tree of Knowledge
Explanation
Milton follows Genesis in identifying the forbidden fruit with the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The Tree of Life is also present in Eden, but Adam and Eve were not forbidden to eat from it before the Fall.
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