You will be given a trivia clue, and the category it belongs to. You should answer with the best answer that belongs in the category and is described by the clue. For simplicity, answers should be in all lower cased letters.
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Question: Category: BIBLICAL QUOTES 
Clue: Of the forbidden fruit, Eve said, this creature "beguiled me, and I did eat"

Answer: the serpent


Question: Category: ANCIENT ROME 
Clue: This church faced periodic persecution for 300 years, until Constantine's conversion

Answer: christian church


Question: Category: AMERICAN DRAMATISTS 
Clue: He wrote a 10-play cycle of the black experience, each covering a decade; "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" was set in the '20s

Answer:
wilson