Themes (OCR A-Level English Literature): Quizzes
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What term describes Adam & Eve's state BEFORE the Fall?
What term describes Adam & Eve's state BEFORE the Fall?
Prelapsarian
What consequences entered the world after Adam & Eve ate the forbidden fruit?
What consequences entered the world after Adam & Eve ate the forbidden fruit?
Sin, suffering & mortality
What does Adam demonstrate by accepting shared responsibility rather than blaming Eve?
What does Adam demonstrate by accepting shared responsibility rather than blaming Eve?
Understanding & forgiveness
How does Satan's relationship with followers contrast with Adam & Eve's?
How does Satan's relationship with followers contrast with Adam & Eve's?
Manipulative & coercive
Which traits characterise diabolic beings in Paradise Lost?
Which traits characterise diabolic beings in Paradise Lost?
Pride, envy & deceit
How is Eve's position in the hierarchy explicitly presented?
How is Eve's position in the hierarchy explicitly presented?
Subservient to Adam
What does God's omniscience mean in Paradise Lost?
What does God's omniscience mean in Paradise Lost?
Complete knowledge
According to Milton, how do free will & predestination relate?
According to Milton, how do free will & predestination relate?
They coexist
How is Eve characterised in terms of 17th-century beliefs?
How is Eve characterised in terms of 17th-century beliefs?
Curious, independent & easily swayed
What does Milton's portrayal of Eve subtly critique?
What does Milton's portrayal of Eve subtly critique?
Societal limitations placed on women