Question

9. Which quote from the text reveals the narrator's perspective that Jupiter is responsible for the misery

brought to mankind?
A. "Things might have gone on very happily indeed, and the Golden Age might really have come
again, had it not been for Jupiter." (paragraph 17)
B. "Of course it would be easy enough to deal with Prometheus at any time, and so Jupiter was in
no great haste about it." (paragraph 21)
C. "Come now!" said Jupiter, "let us all give some goodly gift to this woman;" and he began by
giving her life." (paragraph 23)
D. "If he had gone out into the world, men would have known from childhood just what troubles
were going to come to them every day of their lives, and they would never have had any joy or
hope so long as they lived." (paragraph 33)

Answer 1

A. "Things might have gone on very happily indeed, and the Golden Age might really have come again, had it not been for Jupiter." (paragraph 17)

Step-by-step explanation:

In James Baldwin's "The Story of Prometheus and Pandora's Box," the narrator relates how Prometheus stole fire from Jupiter for the humans and thus brings the curse upon all mankind. This myth reveals how Pandora opened the box given by the gods and thus brought all forms of disaster to the whole human race.

And while describing the story, the narrator also talks about how Jupiter was responsible for all of the misery upon mankind. Prometheus may have stolen the fire after he refused to give it to him, but it was the punishment for that betrayal that led to the suffering of the whole human race. So, the quote from the text that reveals the narrator's perspective about how Jupiter is responsible for mankind's misery is option A. The fact that he claims "things might have gone on very happily indeed . . . had it not been for Jupiter" shows he blames the god for everything.