Eve to Her Daughters Quizzes

Eve to Her Daughters Quiz

1 When was this poem written?

1967

1970

1966

1959
2 Where does the character of Eve come from?

Psalms

The Book of Genesis

Song of Songs

Epistle of James
3 Who were the biblical Adam and Eve?

The original humans

Snakes

Children of Mary

Angels
4 Who is Eve addressing?

Abel and Cain

Adam

Her daughters: modern women

All her children
5 Finish this line: "It was not I___"

who began it

who started it

who should be blamed

who endured
6 Which best describes Eve's tone in the poem?

Ancient, divine, judgemental

Informal, ironic, logical

Aggressive, angry, contemptful

Relatable, wrathful, reflective
7 What is the meter?

Free verse

Iambic pentameter

Blank verse

Ballad
8 Who cannot adapt to life on earth?

Adam

Eve

The children

The couple
9 Define "draughty."

Misbehaving

Cold and uncomfortable

A kind of laughter

Warm and moist
10 What does the phrase "not unhappy" suggest?

Adam struggled to make their earthly life livable. The best he could do was feel "not unhappy"

This double negative suggests hesitation and confusion, perhaps suggesting that Eve feels the opposite

A double negative makes a positive; Eve is happy

Adam and Eve both struggled to adapt to life on earth
11 Why might the poem use little to no metaphor or simile?

The language remains straightforward and gives an edge of modernity and irony.

Wright dislikes using metaphors.

Eve's depression prevents her from seeing the beauty of the world.

Eve is a very direct and straightforward person.
12 Define Adam's brand of logic.

Faults of character are the only real thing.

Faults of character are demonstrable, and thus exist.

What cannot be physically demonstrated can still be believable through faith.

What cannot be demonstrated doesn’t exist.
13 What is Eve's brand of logic?

Perhaps nothing exists but our faults.

Faults of character are not real.

Adam is faultless and worthy of following.

The same as Adam's.
14 Whose logic does Eve use to negate Adam in the final stanza?

Her own

Both hers and his

None

His own
15 What do the ellipses and exclamation mark suggest in the line "But Adam, you know ….. !"?

Eve will always follow her husband.

Eve silently but strongly disagrees with Adam's behavior.

Eve feels passionately about her husband.

Eve is prepared to replace her husband.
16 Who is "They" in the poem?

The other humans

Adam and Eve's children

Adam and Eve

Divine figures
17 What does Eve say when Adam complains about her cooking?

Then you cook.

You can see how his pride had been hurt.

I repent my ways,

(it was hard to compete with Heaven).
18 Which are examples of modern jargon that express the values in certain modern societies?

God and the Other

mechanical harvesters, combustion engines, escalators, refrigerators,

multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

Yes, he got to the centre where nothing at all can be demonstrated.
19 Who is "the Other"?

God

Most likely Satan

Adam

Eve
20 What have Eve's daughters inherited?

Eve's beauty

A propensity to speak up

Eve's rebellious nature

Eve's own faults of character
21 What does Eve say that faults of character have?

A life of their own

Their own logic

A destructive nature

Multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education
22 Which best characterizes the line "I observed this with Abel and Cain"?

None

True and transparent.

Proud because Eve is their mother.

Ironic because their story ended in murder.
23 What is Eve's primary message to her daughters?

for the sake of the children, it’s time you took over

It was not I who began it.

He has turned himself into God,

Faults of character have their own logic
24 Which is an anaphora in the poem?

"It was not I..."

"You see, he..."

"But you are my daughters..."

"In the process..."
25 What does Eve say about Adam in the end?

That he realized his hubris and set to work fixing the problems on earth.

You see, he had always been jealous.

You see, he was always an egotist.

He has turned himself into God, who is faultless, and doesn’t exist.

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