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Tree of the knowledge of good and evil - Quiz
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  • 1. In Christian tradition, what event did consuming the fruit of the tree lead to?
A) The fall of man
B) The Tower of Babel
C) The creation of angels
D) The flood of Noah
  • 2. Which religious figure taught that the tree should be understood both symbolically and as a real tree?
A) Augustine of Hippo
B) George Smith
C) Iblis
D) Adam
  • 3. According to Augustine, why were the fruits of the tree not evil by themselves?
A) They were actually apples
B) They were made of gold
C) Everything that God created was good
D) They were blessed by angels
  • 4. What specifically caused disorder in the creation according to Christian tradition?
A) The disobedience of Adam and Eve
B) The deception by the serpent
C) The creation of the tree
D) The eating of wheat
  • 5. What did humanity inherit from Adam and Eve's sin in Christian tradition?
A) Immortality and wisdom
B) Sin and guilt
C) Knowledge and gnosis
D) Angelic status
  • 6. In Western Christian art, what is the fruit of the tree commonly depicted as?
A) An apple
B) Barley
C) A fig
D) Wheat
  • 7. Where did the apple originate, according to the text?
A) Central Asia
B) Mesopotamia
C) Babylonia
D) Jerusalem
  • 8. What Latin pun may have led to the depiction of the forbidden fruit as an apple?
A) vitus and vita
B) mālum and malum
C) malus and bonus
D) poma and poena
  • 9. What does the Latin word 'mālum' mean in the context of the fruit pun?
A) Apple
B) Tree
C) Evil
D) Garden
  • 10. What does the Latin word 'malum' mean in the context of the fruit pun?
A) Snake
B) Disobedience
C) Apple
D) Evil
  • 11. According to the Bible, is there anything to show the forbidden fruit was necessarily an apple?
A) No
B) Yes
C) Only in Genesis
D) Only in Revelation
  • 12. How did the Gnostic religion uniquely view the tree?
A) Entirely positive or even sacred
B) As an ordinary bush
C) As a symbol of absolute evil
D) As a poisonous plant
  • 13. According to Gnostic saga, who told Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit?
A) The archons
B) The aeons
C) An instructor
D) God
  • 14. What lie did the archons tell Adam and Eve regarding the fruit?
A) It was actually an apple
B) They would die after tasting it
C) They would become angels
D) It would give them eternal sleep
  • 15. Who was sent from the Pleroma by the aeons to save humanity in Gnosticism?
A) A serpent
B) An archon
C) An instructor
D) Iblis
  • 16. According to the Gnostic savior, what was eating the fruit the way into?
A) Destruction
B) The fall of man
C) Immortality alone
D) Salvation
  • 17. Which Gnostic manuscripts contain narratives about the tree being positive?
A) Quran Al-A'raf
B) Genesis and Exodus
C) On the Origin of the World and the Secret Book of John
D) The Book of Revelation
  • 18. Which religious group is considered a Gnostic sect that echoes these notions about the tree?
A) Manichaeism
B) Shia Islam
C) Western Christianity
D) Sunni Islam
  • 19. In Manichaeism, who is presented as the primordial aspect of the instructor?
A) Adam
B) Augustine
C) George Smith
D) Jesus
  • 20. In the Quran, what is the tree typically referred to as?
A) The tree
B) The apple tree
C) The sacred bush
D) The tree of knowledge of good and evil
  • 21. In the words of Iblis in the Quran, what is the tree called?
A) The tree of knowledge
B) The tree of immortality
C) The tree of salvation
D) The forbidden apple
  • 22. According to Muslims, what did Satan tell them was the only reason God forbade them to eat from the tree?
A) They would die immediately
B) They would become angels or immortal
C) The fruit was poisonous
D) They would lose their clothes
  • 23. What happened immediately when Adam and Eve ate from the tree in the Islamic narrative?
A) They turned into angels
B) They gained gnosis
C) They inherited original sin
D) Their nakedness appeared to them
  • 24. What did Adam and Eve do to cover themselves after eating from the tree in the Quran?
A) Sewed together leaves from the Garden
B) Made garments of wool
C) Asked God for clothes
D) Used animal skins
  • 25. How does the Quran mention the sin of eating from the tree?
A) As a total fall
B) As original sin
C) As an unforgivable crime
D) As a 'slip'
  • 26. What happened after Adam and Eve repented and asked for forgiveness in the Quran?
A) They were cast out forever without hope
B) They were forced to eat wheat
C) They were turned into stones
D) They were forgiven
  • 27. In the Shia tradition, what is the forbidden fruit considered to be?
A) A fig
B) An apple
C) Unspecified
D) Wheat or barley
  • 28. In Quran Al-A'raf 27, what did Satan bring Adam and Eve out of?
A) Mesopotamia
B) The Pleroma
C) Heavenly Jerusalem
D) The Garden
  • 29. According to Quran Al-A'raf 27, what did Satan strip Adam and Eve of?
A) Their immortality
B) Their garments
C) Their innocence
D) Their gnosis
  • 30. What is the name of the cylinder seal linked to the Adam and Eve story?
A) Akkadian serpent seal
B) Adam and Eve cylinder seal
C) Babylonian tree seal
D) Mesopotamian creation seal
  • 31. From which period does the Adam and Eve cylinder seal originate?
A) Post-Akkadian periods in Mesopotamia
B) Gnostic manuscript era
C) First century Roman period
D) Islamic medieval period
  • 32. Roughly when was the cylinder seal dated?
A) 1st century CE
B) 23rd – 22nd century BCE
C) 5th century BCE
D) 10th century CE
  • 33. Who described the seal as having two facing figures seated on each side of a tree with a serpent between their backs?
A) Augustine of Hippo
B) The British Museum
C) Iblis
D) George Smith
  • 34. What did George Smith argue the cylinder seal gave evidence of?
A) The Gnostic savior narrative
B) The Islamic concept of wheat
C) The Latin pun on mālum
D) The fall of man account was known in early times of Babylonia
  • 35. Which institution disputes George Smith's interpretation of the cylinder seal?
A) The Pleroma
B) The University of Mesopotamia
C) The British Museum
D) The Vatican
  • 36. How does the British Museum interpret the figures on the cylinder seal?
A) An archon deceiving an instructor
B) Adam and Eve sewing leaves together
C) A male deity being worshipped by a woman
D) Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit
  • 37. Which plant is suggested as the tree of knowledge because 'nothing brings wailing to the world like wine'?
A) A stalk of wheat
B) An etrog
C) A fig tree
D) A grape vine
  • 38. What concept was born when eating and internalizing the forbidden fruit changed human nature?
A) The Torah
B) The yetzer hara
C) The beirurim
D) The shechinah
  • 39. What is the sin of the tree of knowledge called in the Kabbalah?
A) Beirurim
B) Cheit Eitz HaDa'at
C) Shechinah
D) Yetzer hara
  • 40. In the Kabbalah, what great task was brought about by the sin of the tree of knowledge?
A) Proverbs 30:6
B) Yetzer hara
C) Beirurim
D) Cheit Eitz HaDa'at
  • 41. How many specific trees are mentioned in the story of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2-3?
A) Three
B) One
C) Two
D) Seven
  • 42. Who persuades Eve to eat the forbidden fruit in Genesis 3?
A) God
B) An angel
C) A serpent
D) Adam
  • 43. What literary device pairs opposite terms together to create a general meaning?
A) Hyperbole
B) Merism
C) Metaphor
D) Alliteration
  • 44. Which Egyptian expression is cited as an example parallel to the merism 'good and evil'?
A) Up-down
B) Evil-good
C) Dark-light
D) Night-day
  • 45. According to several scholars, if the phrase means 'knowledge of everything', what does it not necessarily denote?
A) A physical object
B) A divine command
C) A moral concept
D) A historical event
  • 46. The Hebrew behind the phrase 'doomed to die' is in a form regularly used for what purpose in the Hebrew Bible?
A) Giving blessings
B) Making prophecies
C) Naming newborns
D) Issuing death sentences
  • 47. Which of the following is NOT listed in the text as a modern scholarly interpretation of the Hebrew term for the knowledge of good and evil?
A) Sexual knowledge
B) Wisdom
C) Omniscience
D) Agricultural skill
  • 48. Which scholar suggests the term likely means 'the knowledge for administering reward and punishment'?
A) Robert Alter
B) Nathan French
C) Moses
D) Adam
  • 49. According to scholar Nathan French, what is the wisdom acquired by humans in Genesis 2-3 actually about?
A) Speaking all languages
B) Wielding ultimate power
C) Building civilizations
D) Understanding nature
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