Upon a Spider Catching is a poem whose main objective is to talk about the power of God to save us from the traps that the devil traps us to make us sin. In this poem the reference to Adam is an allusion to the will and power of God in freeing humanity from sin and taking it away from the devil's will.
The answer is D, "The source of the Mississippi River is a peaceful lake in Minnesota; from there, the river flows south past 10 states to its mouth in Louisiana, where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico."