Eve to Her Daughters Quizzes

Eve to Her Daughters Quiz

1 When was this poem written?

1970

1959

1966

1967
2 Where does the character of Eve come from?

Psalms

Epistle of James

Song of Songs

The Book of Genesis
3 Who were the biblical Adam and Eve?

Children of Mary

The original humans

Angels

Snakes
4 Who is Eve addressing?

All her children

Abel and Cain

Her daughters: modern women

Adam
5 Finish this line: "It was not I___"

who started it

who endured

who began it

who should be blamed
6 Which best describes Eve's tone in the poem?

Relatable, wrathful, reflective

Ancient, divine, judgemental

Aggressive, angry, contemptful

Informal, ironic, logical
7 What is the meter?

Iambic pentameter

Free verse

Blank verse

Ballad
8 Who cannot adapt to life on earth?

Eve

The couple

Adam

The children
9 Define "draughty."

Warm and moist

Cold and uncomfortable

A kind of laughter

Misbehaving
10 What does the phrase "not unhappy" suggest?

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

Adam struggled to make their earthly life livable. The best he could do was feel "not unhappy"
11 Why might the poem use little to no metaphor or simile?

Eve is a very direct and straightforward person.

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.
12 Define Adam's brand of logic.

Faults of character are demonstrable, and thus exist.

What cannot be demonstrated doesn’t 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.

Adam is faultless and worthy of following.

Perhaps nothing exists but our faults.

Faults of character are not real.
14 Whose logic does Eve use to negate Adam in the final stanza?

His own

None

Both hers and his

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

Eve will always follow her husband.

Eve is prepared to replace her husband.

Eve silently but strongly disagrees with Adam's behavior.

Eve feels passionately about her husband.
16 Who is "They" in the poem?

Adam and Eve

Divine figures

Adam and Eve's children

The other humans
17 What does Eve say when Adam complains about her cooking?

Then you cook.

You can see how his pride had been hurt.

(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?

multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

God and the Other

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

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 own faults of character

Eve's beauty

A propensity to speak up

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

Multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

Their own logic

A destructive nature

A life of their own
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?

It was not I who began it.

He has turned himself into God,

Faults of character have their own logic

for the sake of the children, it’s time you took over
24 Which is an anaphora in the poem?

"You see, he..."

"But you are my daughters..."

"It was not I..."

"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.

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

You see, he was always an egotist.

You see, he had always been jealous.

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