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?

Epistle of James

Psalms

Song of Songs

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

Children of Mary

Angels

Snakes

The original humans
4 Who is Eve addressing?

Abel and Cain

Her daughters: modern women

Adam

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

who should be blamed

who began it

who endured

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

Ancient, divine, judgemental

Relatable, wrathful, reflective

Aggressive, angry, contemptful

Informal, ironic, logical
7 What is the meter?

Iambic pentameter

Ballad

Blank verse

Free verse
8 Who cannot adapt to life on earth?

The children

The couple

Eve

Adam
9 Define "draughty."

Warm and moist

Misbehaving

A kind of laughter

Cold and uncomfortable
10 What does the phrase "not unhappy" suggest?

Adam and Eve both struggled to adapt to life on earth

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

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

A double negative makes a positive; Eve is happy
11 Why might the poem use little to no metaphor or simile?

Wright dislikes using metaphors.

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

Eve is a very direct and straightforward person.

Eve's depression prevents her from seeing the beauty of the world.
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 demonstrated doesn’t exist.

What cannot be physically demonstrated can still be believable through faith.
13 What is Eve's brand of logic?

Adam is faultless and worthy of following.

Perhaps nothing exists but our faults.

The same as Adam's.

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

None

Her own

Both hers and his

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

Eve silently but strongly disagrees with Adam's behavior.

Eve feels passionately about her husband.

Eve will always follow her husband.

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

Adam and Eve

Divine figures

The other humans

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

Then you cook.

(it was hard to compete with Heaven).

You can see how his pride had been hurt.

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

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

God and the Other

multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

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

Most likely Satan

God

Eve

Adam
20 What have Eve's daughters inherited?

Eve's own faults of character

A propensity to speak up

Eve's rebellious nature

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

Their own logic

Multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

A destructive nature

A life of their own
22 Which best characterizes the line "I observed this with Abel and Cain"?

None

Proud because Eve is their mother.

True and transparent.

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,

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

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

"In the process..."

"You see, he..."

"It was not I..."

"But you are my daughters..."
25 What does Eve say about Adam in the end?

You see, he was always an egotist.

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

You see, he had always been jealous.

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

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