Eve to Her Daughters Quizzes

Eve to Her Daughters Quiz

1 When was this poem written?

1959

1966

1970

1967
2 Where does the character of Eve come from?

Song of Songs

Psalms

The Book of Genesis

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

The original humans

Snakes

Children of Mary

Angels
4 Who is Eve addressing?

Adam

Abel and Cain

Her daughters: modern women

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

who began it

who should be blamed

who started it

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

Relatable, wrathful, reflective

Ancient, divine, judgemental

Informal, ironic, logical

Aggressive, angry, contemptful
7 What is the meter?

Free verse

Blank verse

Iambic pentameter

Ballad
8 Who cannot adapt to life on earth?

The couple

Adam

Eve

The children
9 Define "draughty."

Cold and uncomfortable

Misbehaving

Warm and moist

A kind of laughter
10 What does the phrase "not unhappy" suggest?

A double negative makes a positive; Eve is happy

Adam and Eve both struggled to adapt to life on earth

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
11 Why might the poem use little to no metaphor or simile?

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

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

Wright dislikes using metaphors.

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

What cannot be demonstrated doesn’t exist.

Faults of character are demonstrable, and thus exist.

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

Faults of character are the only real thing.
13 What is Eve's brand of logic?

The same as Adam's.

Faults of character are not real.

Adam is faultless and worthy of following.

Perhaps nothing exists but our faults.
14 Whose logic does Eve use to negate Adam in the final stanza?

His own

Her own

None

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

Eve feels passionately about her husband.

Eve is prepared to replace her husband.

Eve silently but strongly disagrees with Adam's behavior.

Eve will always follow her husband.
16 Who is "They" in the poem?

Adam and Eve's children

The other humans

Divine figures

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

You can see how his pride had been hurt.

Then you cook.

(it was hard to compete with Heaven).

I repent my ways,
18 Which are examples of modern jargon that express the values in certain modern societies?

God and the Other

Yes, he got to the centre where nothing at all can be demonstrated.

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mechanical harvesters, combustion engines, escalators, refrigerators,
19 Who is "the Other"?

God

Eve

Adam

Most likely Satan
20 What have Eve's daughters inherited?

Eve's beauty

Eve's own faults of character

Eve's rebellious nature

A propensity to speak up
21 What does Eve say that faults of character have?

Their own logic

A life of their own

A destructive nature

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22 Which best characterizes the line "I observed this with Abel and Cain"?

Proud because Eve is their mother.

True and transparent.

Ironic because their story ended in murder.

None
23 What is Eve's primary message to her daughters?

It was not I who began it.

Faults of character have their own logic

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

He has turned himself into God,
24 Which is an anaphora in the poem?

"But you are my daughters..."

"It was not I..."

"You see, he..."

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

You see, he was always an egotist.

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

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

You see, he had always been jealous.

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