Round 10: Tossup 20

Towards the end of a three-day war, this character and his entire army were defeated by a single chariot charge. This character is let through a series of gates by his daughter, Sin, whom he had earlier (10[1])impregnated. William Blake claimed that an author was (10[1])“of [this character’s] party without knowing it.” This character traverses the Abyss after volunteering for a mission during a council (10[1])at Pandaemonium. (10[4])In a poem meant to “justify the ways of God to man,” (10[1])this character proclaims, “Better to reign in Hell than serve (10[1])in Heaven.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this character who takes the form of a serpent to tempt Adam and Eve (10[2])in John Milton’s Paradise Lost. ■END■

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