Question

Paradise Lost by John Milton tells how Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan to disobey God. What command of God did Adam and Eve disobey?

Answer 1

They ate from the Tree of Knowledge which God told them not to.

Answer 2

Answer:

A) to avoid eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge  

Explanation:

The poem recounts the feathers of the fallen angels after the rebellion in heaven, the ruse of Satan to make Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, and the subsequent Fall of man. In the poem, God sends an angel to notify Adam and Eve that they should not eat of the forbidden fruit; however, despite the warning, Eve is seduced by Satan, then in the body of a serpent, and eats the forbidden fruit, making him eat Adam too. As a result of disobedience, both are expelled from the Garden of Eden and become aware, as with all their offspring, of sin and death.