How Might a Historian Interpret the Garden of Eden Tale

question 47

Multiple Choice

How might a historian interpret the Garden of Eden tale?

• A) Men lived in blissful ignorance until women invented agriculture.
• B) It reflects men's deeply hidden fears of female sexuality.
• C) Literacy and other forms of knowledge brought irreversible social change.
• D) It encourages men to control their wives, who are apt to make bad decisions.

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