Bible Quiz – The Characters of Adam & Eve (MC Questions)

 

Bible Quiz – The Characters of Adam & Eve (MC Questions) 

Why This Quiz Is Different

Most Bible quizzes test memory.

This quiz tests interpretation, textual precision, and theological discipline.

The story of Adam and Eve is among the most familiar passages in Scripture—and therefore one of the most misunderstood. Assumptions, paraphrases, and inherited interpretations often replace careful reading of the biblical text itself. This quiz is designed to reverse that habit.

Across multiple escalating sections, you will be challenged to read what Scripture actually says, not what tradition, summaries, or popular teaching assume it says. Every question is anchored directly in the biblical text (primarily Genesis 1–3 and Paul’s epistles), often at the word, sequence, or logic level.

This is not a casual quiz.

It is a text-driven examination of Adam and Eve as biblical characters.

 

🧭 How the Quiz Is Structured

The quiz is divided into progressive sections, each increasing in difficulty and precision. You may attempt them in order—or jump straight into the deep end if you dare.

 

🟢 Section 1: Core Character MCQs

Purpose: Establish textual foundations

These questions test:

Direct statements from Genesis

Clear character traits of Adam and Eve

Explicit actions, commands, and consequences

🔍 Best for: Careful readers, students, and foundational review

⚠️ Warning: Overconfidence leads to early mistakes

 

🟡 Section 2: EXTREME “Scholar Trap” Round

Purpose: Expose assumptions

These questions are designed to:

Sound correct even when they are wrong

Target verses people think they know

Punish paraphrasing instead of precision

🪤 Decoys are the danger here

📌 One word can decide the answer

 

🔴 Section 3: TRIPLE-DECOY “Unforgiving Round”

Purpose: Test textual mastery

Every question contains:

Three highly plausible, scholarly-sounding wrong answers

One answer that survives exact biblical scrutiny

⛔ No partial credit

⛔ No theological guessing

📜 Only the text wins

 

⚖️ Section 4: Paul vs Genesis — “Contradiction Traps”

Purpose: Resolve apparent biblical tensions

This section addresses:

Adam vs Eve responsibility

Deception vs disobedience

Law, sin, death, and representation

Paul’s theology compared with Genesis narrative

🧠 These are not contradictions—unless you read loosely

📖 Precision reveals harmony

📏 Instructions Before You Begin

✔ Read each question slowly

✔ Assume every word matters

✖ Do NOT rely on paraphrases, study notes, or memory

✖ Do NOT answer based on what “must be true”

📌 Always ask: What does the text explicitly say—and what does it not say?

Scoring is for self-assessment, not pride. This quiz rewards humility before the text.

 

Bible Quiz – The Characters of Adam & Eve (MC Questions)

 

1. What does Adam’s creation from dust primarily symbolize about human nature?

A. Human royalty

B. Human mortality and dependence on God

C. Human superiority over angels

D. Human sinfulness

Correct Answer: B

📖 Genesis 2:7 (KJV)

“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”

 

2. What responsibility given to Adam reflects his role as a rational and authoritative being?

A. Building the garden

B. Naming the animals

C. Guarding the Tree of Life

D. Teaching Eve

Correct Answer: B

📖 Genesis 2:19–20 (KJV)

“And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.”

 

3. Eve was created primarily to address which need in Adam’s life?

A. Protection

B. Wisdom

C. Companionship

D. Authority

Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 2:18 (KJV)

“And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.”

 

4. From which part of Adam was Eve created, symbolizing equality and partnership?

A. His head

B. His feet

C. His side

D. His heart

Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 2:21–22 (KJV)

“And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.”

 

5. What character trait is demonstrated by Eve when she engages the serpent in dialogue?

A. Recklessness

B. Blind obedience

C. Curiosity and reasoning

D. Fearfulness

Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:2–3 (KJV)

“And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.”

 

6. What motivation influenced Eve to eat the forbidden fruit?

A. Hunger alone

B. Desire for wisdom and pleasure

C. Fear of Adam

D. Direct command from God

Correct Answer: B

📖 Genesis 3:6 (KJV)

“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”

 

7. What character weakness does Adam display by eating the fruit?

A. Ignorance

B. Rebellion

C. Passive compliance

D. Deception

Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:6 (KJV)

“…and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”

 

8. What immediate psychological effect did Adam and Eve experience after sinning?

A. Anger

B. Confidence

C. Shame

D. Pride

Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:7 (KJV)

“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

 

9. What does Adam’s response to God reveal about his moral character after the Fall?

A. Repentance

B. Silence

C. Blame-shifting

D. Courage

Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:12 (KJV)

“And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.”

 

10. What does Eve’s response reveal about her understanding of the sin?

A. Full denial

B. Acceptance of guilt

C. Recognition of deception

D. Justification of rebellion

Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:13 (KJV)

“And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.”

 

11. Despite judgment, what hopeful role is given to Eve?

A. Queen of Eden

B. Teacher of nations

C. Mother of humanity

D. Guardian of wisdom

Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:20 (KJV)

“And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.”

 

12. How does the Bible affirm Adam’s responsibility for sin entering humanity?

A. Through Eve alone

B. Through angels

C. Through Adam’s disobedience

D. Through the serpent

Correct Answer: C

📖 Romans 5:12 (KJV)

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”

 

13. What key character lesson do Adam and Eve collectively teach?

A. Knowledge saves humanity

B. Desire is evil

C. Disobedience breaks relationships

D. Freedom has no limits

Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:23–24 (KJV)

“Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”

 

🔥 EXTREME “SCHOLAR TRAP” MCQs

Characters of Adam & Eve (Genesis-Focused)

 

1. Who actually received God’s command not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge directly from God?

A. Adam and Eve together

B. Eve alone

C. Adam alone

D. The serpent

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 2:16–17 (KJV)

“And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

🪤 Scholar Trap: Eve had not yet been created when the command was given.

 

2. Which exact detail did Eve add to God’s command when speaking to the serpent?

A. “Ye shall surely die”

B. “God said”

C. “Neither shall ye touch it”

D. “In the midst of the garden”

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:3 (KJV)

“But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.”

🪤 Scholar Trap: God never said “touch it” (cf. Genesis 2:17).

 

3. According to the text, where was Adam when Eve ate the fruit?

A. Elsewhere in the garden

B. Absent and unaware

C. With Eve

D. Not specified

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:6 (KJV)

“…and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”

🪤 Scholar Trap: Many assume Adam arrived later—but Scripture says otherwise.

 

4. What was the FIRST consequence Adam and Eve experienced after eating the fruit?

A. Fear of God

B. Shame

C. Expulsion from Eden

D. Physical death

✅ Correct Answer: B

📖 Genesis 3:7 (KJV)

“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

🪤 Scholar Trap: Death and expulsion come later; shame comes first.

 

5. What question does God ask Adam FIRST after the Fall?

A. “Hast thou eaten of the tree?”

B. “Why did you disobey me?”

C. “Where art thou?”

D. “Who deceived you?”

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:9 (KJV)

“And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?”

🪤 Scholar Trap: This is not about location, but relational rupture.

 

6. Whom does Adam ultimately implicate when blaming Eve?

A. Eve only

B. Himself

C. The serpent

D. God

✅ Correct Answer: D

📖 Genesis 3:12 (KJV)

“And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.”

🪤 Scholar Trap: Adam’s blame subtly shifts toward God’s provision.

 

7. What punishment is explicitly given to Eve (and NOT to Adam)?

A. Physical death

B. Pain in childbirth

C. Cursed ground

D. Expulsion from Eden

✅ Correct Answer: B

📖 Genesis 3:16 (KJV)

“Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.”

🪤 Scholar Trap: The ground is cursed because of Adam, not Eve.

 

8. What exactly is cursed in Genesis 3:17?

A. Adam

B. Eve

C. Humanity

D. The ground

✅ Correct Answer: D

📖 Genesis 3:17 (KJV)

“…cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.”

🪤 Scholar Trap: Adam is judged, but never directly cursed.

 

9. Why are Adam and Eve expelled from the garden according to God’s own words?

A. To punish them eternally

B. To prevent access to the Tree of Life

C. To separate them from the serpent

D. To test humanity

✅ Correct Answer: B

📖 Genesis 3:22 (KJV)

“And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”

🪤 Scholar Trap: The expulsion is also an act of restraint and mercy.

10. Who names the woman “Eve,” and WHEN does this occur?

A. God, before the Fall

B. Adam, before the Fall

C. God, after the Fall

D. Adam, after the Fall

✅ Correct Answer: D

📖 Genesis 3:20 (KJV)

“And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.”

🪤 Scholar Trap: Her naming comes after judgment, not before sin.

 

11. According to the New Testament, through whom did sin officially enter the world?

A. Eve

B. Adam

C. The serpent

D. Humanity collectively

✅ Correct Answer: B

📖 Romans 5:12 (KJV)

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”

🪤 Scholar Trap: Scripture assigns representative responsibility to Adam.

 

12. Which statement about Eve is explicitly stated in Scripture?

A. She intentionally rebelled

B. She misunderstood God fully

C. She was deceived

D. She led Adam knowingly

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 1 Timothy 2:14 (KJV)

“And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.”

🪤 Scholar Trap: Deception ≠ absence of responsibility.

 

☠️ TRIPLE-DECOY “UNFORGIVING ROUND”

Adam & Eve — Textual Precision Only

 

1. Which tree is explicitly said to be “in the midst of the garden” in Genesis 2?

A. Tree of the knowledge of good and evil

B. Tree of wisdom

C. Tree of life

D. Both trees equally

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 2:9 (KJV)

“And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.”

🪤 Unforgiving Detail: Only one tree is explicitly placed “in the midst.”

 

2. What exact phrase does the serpent use to contradict God’s warning?

A. “Ye shall not surely perish”

B. “Ye shall live forever”

C. “Ye shall not surely die”

D. “Death shall not come upon you”

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:4 (KJV)

“And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:”

🪤 Trap: Any paraphrase fails. Word-for-word matters.

 

3. What action do Adam and Eve take BEFORE God speaks to them after the Fall?

A. They confess

B. They hide

C. They sew fig leaves

D. They blame one another

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:7 (KJV)

“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

🪤 Unforgiving Sequence: Sewing comes before hiding.

 

4. Which exact words does Adam use to describe Eve when blaming her?

A. “The woman you created”

B. “The woman who deceived me”

C. “The woman whom thou gavest”

D. “The woman with the serpent”

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:12 (KJV)

“And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.”

🪤 Trap: Adam’s blame subtly implicates God, not just Eve.

 

5. Which punishment is pronounced FIRST by God after the transgression?

A. Curse on the ground

B. Pain in childbirth

C. Expulsion from Eden

D. Curse on the serpent

✅ Correct Answer: D

📖 Genesis 3:14 (KJV)

“And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:”

🪤 Unforgiving Order: Judgment begins with the serpent, not humans.

 

6. What is Eve explicitly said to desire after the Fall?

A. Freedom

B. Knowledge

C. Independence

D. Her husband

✅ Correct Answer: D

📖 Genesis 3:16 (KJV)

“…and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.”

🪤 Trap: Desire is relational, not intellectual, after the Fall.

 

7. What does God NOT say will happen to Adam as a result of sin?

A. He will return to dust

B. He will eat by the sweat of his face

C. He will die immediately

D. The ground will resist him

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:19 (KJV)

“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”

🪤 Unforgiving Theology: Death is certain—but not immediate.

 

8. Why does God place cherubim and a flaming sword at Eden’s entrance?

A. To punish Adam and Eve

B. To guard Eden from the serpent

C. To prevent access to the Tree of Life

D. To mark sacred ground

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:24 (KJV)

“So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”

🪤 Unforgiving Insight: The barrier is about life, not punishment.

 

9. According to Scripture, who is held federally responsible for humanity’s fall?

A. Eve

B. Adam and Eve equally

C. The serpent

D. Adam

✅ Correct Answer: D

📖 1 Corinthians 15:21 (KJV)

“For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.”

🪤 Trap: Federal headship is textual, not cultural.

 

10. Which statement about Adam and Eve BEFORE the Fall is explicitly true?

A. They were innocent but ignorant

B. They were naked and unashamed

C. They lacked moral awareness

D. They feared God

✅ Correct Answer: B

📖 Genesis 2:25 (KJV)

“And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.”

🪤 Unforgiving Precision: Innocence ≠ ignorance.

 

⚖️ PAUL vs GENESIS

CONTRADICTION TRAPS (EXTREME LEVEL)

 

1. Genesis shows Eve eating first, yet Paul says sin entered through “one man.” Which statement resolves the tension?

A. Paul ignores Genesis for theology

B. Eve’s sin was greater than Adam’s

C. Adam bore covenantal responsibility

D. The serpent is the true source of sin

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:6 (KJV)

“…and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”

📖 Romans 5:12 (KJV)

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin…”

🪤 Trap Exposed: Sequence ≠ representation. Adam functions as federal head, not first eater.

 

2. Paul says Adam was not deceived, yet Genesis records no protest from Adam. Is this a contradiction?

A. Yes, Paul contradicts the narrative

B. No, deception and silence are different

C. Yes, because Adam followed Eve

D. No, because Adam was absent

✅ Correct Answer: B

📖 Genesis 3:6 (KJV)

“…and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”

📖 1 Timothy 2:14 (KJV)

“And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.”

🪤 Trap Exposed: Adam’s sin is willful, not ignorant—making it more culpable, not less.

 

3. Genesis says death follows sin, yet Adam does not die immediately. Does Paul exaggerate?

A. Yes, Paul spiritualizes death

B. No, death includes mortality and separation

C. Yes, Genesis disproves Paul

D. No, Paul refers only to physical death

✅ Correct Answer: B

📖 Genesis 2:17 (KJV)

“…for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

📖 Romans 6:23 (KJV)

“For the wages of sin is death…”

🪤 Trap Exposed: Death begins that day (mortality + separation), not necessarily cessation.

 

4. Paul claims the law brings knowledge of sin, but Genesis predates the Mosaic Law. Contradiction?

A. Yes, Paul limits sin to Torah

B. No, command functions as law

C. Yes, Genesis lacks moral awareness

D. No, Paul refers only to conscience

✅ Correct Answer: B

📖 Genesis 2:16–17 (KJV)

“And the LORD God commanded the man…”

📖 Romans 3:20 (KJV)

“…for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”

🪤 Trap Exposed: A divine command is law—even before Sinai.

 

5. Genesis shows shame before God speaks; Paul links guilt to law. Which is correct?

A. Genesis contradicts Paul

B. Shame precedes moral awareness

C. Law exposes what conscience already senses

D. Paul ignores emotional response

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:7 (KJV)

“And the eyes of them both were opened…”

📖 Romans 7:7 (KJV)

“…I had not known sin, but by the law…”

🪤 Trap Exposed: Law clarifies sin; conscience reacts first.

 

6. Paul contrasts Adam and Christ as representatives. Where is this idea found in Genesis?

A. It is not in Genesis

B. In Eve’s deception

C. In Adam naming and being addressed

D. In the serpent’s curse

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 2:19–20 (KJV)

“…and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them…”

📖 Genesis 3:9 (KJV)

“And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?”

📖 Romans 5:19 (KJV)

“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners…”

🪤 Trap Exposed: Adam acts representatively throughout Genesis.

 

7. Paul says sin reigns; Genesis shows God still ruling. Contradiction?

A. Yes, Paul exaggerates sin’s power

B. No, reign refers to human condition

C. Yes, Genesis denies moral chaos

D. No, reign means legal authority

✅ Correct Answer: B

📖 Genesis 3:16–19 (KJV)

“…in sorrow… in the sweat of thy face…”

📖 Romans 5:21 (KJV)

“That as sin hath reigned unto death…”

🪤 Trap Exposed: Sin reigns within human experience, not over God.

 

8. Genesis blames deception; Paul blames disobedience. Which is correct?

A. Genesis

B. Paul

C. Both contradict

D. Both describe different aspects

✅ Correct Answer: D

📖 Genesis 3:13 (KJV)

“The serpent beguiled me…”

📖 Romans 5:19 (KJV)

“…by one man’s disobedience…”

🪤 Trap Exposed: Deception explains how; disobedience defines what.

 

9. Paul emphasizes grace; Genesis emphasizes curse. Tension or continuity?

A. Tension

B. Contradiction

C. Continuity

D. Replacement theology

✅ Correct Answer: C

📖 Genesis 3:21 (KJV)

“Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.”

📖 Romans 5:20 (KJV)

“…where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.”

🪤 Trap Exposed: Grace appears in Genesis, not first in Paul.

 

10. Final Trap: Does Paul reinterpret Genesis, or reveal its logic?

A. Reinterprets

B. Contradicts

C. Replaces

D. Reveals

✅ Correct Answer: D

📖 1 Corinthians 15:45 (KJV)

“The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.”

🪤 Unforgiving Truth: Paul is not correcting Genesis—he is unfolding it.

 

If this quiz challenged you, share it with someone who thinks Genesis is “easy.”

If it exposed assumptions, let the text retrain your reading.

And if it sharpened your understanding, bookmark this series and return often—because Scripture always rewards those who read it carefully.

📖 Read the text. Resist assumptions. Let Scripture speak.