What event occurs in the final lines of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" ?
Correct answer: A. Adam and Eve hold hands and walk across an arid plain.
- A. Adam and Eve hold hands and walk across an arid plain.
- B. Adam and Eve promise to be fruitful and multiply.
- C. Adam and Eve curse their God.
- D. Adam and Eve curse Satan.
Explanation
Paradise Lost ends with Adam and Eve leaving Eden hand in hand, taking “wandering steps and slow” into the world before them. The other choices contradict their repentant acceptance of God’s judgment.
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