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 impregnated. (10[1])William Blake claimed that an author was (10[1])“of [this character’s] party without knowing it.” (10[2])This character traverses the Abyss (10[1])after volunteering (10[1])for a (10[1])mission during a council at Pandaemonium. In a poem meant to “justify (10[1])the ways of God to man,” this character proclaims, “Better to reign in Hell (10[1])than serve (10[1])in Heaven.” For 10 points, name this character who takes the form of a serpent to tempt Adam and Eve (10[1])in John Milton’s (10[1])Paradise Lost. ■END■ (10[1])

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