Question

Use the passage to answer the question.

Which quotation from the passage is most likely an allusion to the biblical story of Adam and Eve?

(1 point)
Responses

“O people of the Golden Age, the chief of your husbandry was to raise flowers!”
“O people of the Golden Age, the chief of your husbandry was to raise flowers!”

“This venerated emblem was a pine tree which had preserved the slender grace of youth, while it equalled the loftiest height of the old wood-monarchs.”
“This venerated emblem was a pine tree which had preserved the slender grace of youth, while it equalled the loftiest height of the old wood-monarchs.”

“Where this green and flowery splendor terminated the shaft of the Maypole was stained with the seven brilliant hues of the banner at its top.”
“Where this green and flowery splendor terminated the shaft of the Maypole was stained with the seven brilliant hues of the banner at its top.”

“From its top streamed a silken banner colored like the rainbow.”

Answer 1

“Where this green and flowery splendor terminated the shaft of the Maypole was stained with the seven brilliant hues of the banner at its top.”

Reason: the phrase "green and flowery splendor" evokes the Garden of Eden — the lush garden where Adam and Eve lived — making it the clearest allusion to that biblical story.