Question

Adam and Eve begin as archetypal images of innocence. Their innocence at the beginning of Genesis emphasizes how they change after eating the forbidden fruit.

Select the section of this passage that demonstrates Adam and Eve's innocence.
Question 2 options:


The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”


That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.


Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.


None of the above because Adam and Eve were too busy getting the animals on the arc before the flood came, so they didn't have time to worry about the clothes they were wearing.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C.) Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. The fact that they had no shame when they were naked but only when they ate the forbidden fruit did they become shameful helps demonstrate the transformation of innocence they underwent.

Answer 2

Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the sentence that best expresses why Adam and Eve can be considered archetypal images of innocence. In this line, we learn that Adam and Eve did not feel shame despite the fact that they were naked. This means that they had no malice and had never thought of the negative implications that nudity often has in our culture. This shows that they were innocent and unpolluted by society.