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Cain - Quiz
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  • 1. Who was Cain's brother?
A) Seth
B) Abel
C) Enoch
D) Noah
  • 2. Which book of the Bible mentions Cain and Abel?
A) Numbers
B) Genesis
C) Exodus
D) Leviticus
  • 3. What did God place on Cain after he killed Abel?
A) A crown
B) A mark
C) A curse
D) A shield
  • 4. What land did Cain settle in after his punishment?
A) Land of Midian
B) Land of Canaan
C) Land of Cush
D) Land of Nod
  • 5. Who was Cain's father?
A) Noah
B) Seth
C) Enoch
D) Adam
  • 6. Which son was born after Abel's death?
A) Enoch
B) Cain II
C) Methuselah
D) Seth
  • 7. How did God respond to Cain's offering?
A) He accepted it
B) He rejected it
C) He blessed it
D) He ignored it
  • 8. What was the lineage of Cain known for?
A) Violence
B) Strength
C) Peace
D) Wisdom
  • 9. What did Cain say to God after the murder?
A) Am I my brother's keeper?
B) Forgive me
C) I am guilty
D) I did not mean to
  • 10. What was Cain's occupation according to the Book of Genesis?
A) Potter
B) Hunter
C) Shepherd
D) Farmer
  • 11. What was the reason for Cain's anger towards God?
A) God did not speak to him
B) Abel took more land from him
C) God cursed him directly
D) God favored Abel's offering over his own
  • 12. Who was the first son of Cain?
A) Irad
B) Lamech
C) Mehujael
D) Enoch
  • 13. What does the 'mark of Cain' signify?
A) A symbol of his guilt and shame.
B) A sign of his cursed lineage.
C) A protection so that no one could enact vengeance on him.
D) An indication of divine disfavor.
  • 14. What did Cain fetch for his mother according to the Life of Adam and Eve?
A) Fruits from an orchard.
B) Water from a well.
C) Firewood.
D) A reed (qaneh).
  • 15. In Charles Godfrey Leland's book, what celestial body is Cain associated with?
A) Venus.
B) The moon.
C) Mars.
D) The sun.
  • 16. Which early Christian commentator agreed that Cain was the son of the devil?
A) Origen.
B) Jerome.
C) Augustine.
D) Tertullian.
  • 17. Who is Abel cognate with in Mandaean scriptures?
A) Elijah.
B) Moses.
C) John the Baptist.
D) The angelic soteriological figure Hibil Ziwa.
  • 18. What does God send Cain as a sign in the Islamic narrative?
A) A crow searching in the ground.
B) A vision of Abel's death.
C) A storm to cleanse his soul.
D) An angel with a message.
  • 19. What did God make grow on Cain's head after he murdered his brother, according to Talmudic tradition?
A) Talons.
B) A horn.
C) Wings.
D) Fur.
  • 20. At what age did Cain murder his brother according to Pseudo-Philo?
A) 30 years old.
B) 20 years old.
C) 15 years old.
D) 25 years old.
  • 21. Which author wrote the poem 'La Conscience' that tells of Cain and his family fleeing from God's wrath?
A) Gérard de Nerval
B) Alfred de Musset
C) Charles Baudelaire
D) Victor Hugo
  • 22. Which band's song 'Chapter Four' tells the story of Cain and Abel from Cain's perspective?
A) Slayer
B) Iron Maiden
C) Avenged Sevenfold
D) Metallica
  • 23. In which TV series is a 'Mark of Cain' featured?
A) Charmed
B) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
C) Supernatural
D) The X-Files
  • 24. According to one theory, what does the name 'Cain' connect to in Hebrew?
A) An ancient city.
B) A type of plant.
C) A celestial body.
D) The verb 'kana', meaning 'to get'.
  • 25. What desire involving women is mentioned in ancient exegetes' interpretations of Cain and Abel's story?
A) A desire for the most beautiful woman, Aclima.
B) A quest to find a lost sister.
C) A desire to marry their own sisters.
D) An ambition to rule over women.
  • 26. Which ancient city might correspond with the city built by Cain's descendants according to some commentators?
A) Jericho.
B) Eridu.
C) Nineveh.
D) Babylon.
  • 27. Which country music group's song uses Cain and Abel as a metaphor for the struggle between good and evil?
A) The Eagles
B) Travis Tritt
C) 4 Runner
D) Alabama
  • 28. According to Gnostic exposition, who seduced Eve in the Apocryphon of John?
A) Yaldabaoth.
B) Moses.
C) David.
D) Solomon.
  • 29. What is the name of Cain in Islamic tradition?
A) Iblis.
B) Adam.
C) Qabil.
D) Hawwa.
  • 30. Who did Nachmanides suggest Cain's name presaged his role with?
A) Wisdom and peace.
B) Mastery, power, and sin.
C) Creation and innovation.
D) Compassion and leadership.
  • 31. In which role-playing game are vampires referred to as 'Cainites'?
A) Pathfinder
B) Vampire: the Masquerade
C) Dungeons & Dragons
D) World of Warcraft
  • 32. Who dramatized the story of Cain in a play titled 'Cain' (1821)?
A) Mary Shelley
B) Lord Byron
C) John Keats
D) Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • 33. In which Old English classic poem are Grendel and his mother said to be descended from Cain?
A) Piers Plowman
B) The Canterbury Tales
C) Beowulf
D) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  • 34. Cain is described as the forefather of which groups?
A) Fishermen and sailors.
B) Merchants and traders.
C) Scholars and philosophers.
D) Tent-dwelling pastoralists, lyre and pipe players, and bronze and iron smiths.
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