Eve to Her Daughters Quizzes

Eve to Her Daughters Quiz

1 When was this poem written?
1967

1970

1959

1966
2 Where does the character of Eve come from?
Song of Songs

The Book of Genesis

Psalms

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

Snakes

Children of Mary

Angels
4 Who is Eve addressing?
Her daughters: modern women

Adam

Abel and Cain

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

who endured

who should be blamed

who began it
6 Which best describes Eve's tone in the poem?
Informal, ironic, logical

Relatable, wrathful, reflective

Aggressive, angry, contemptful

Ancient, divine, judgemental
7 What is the meter?
Free verse

Blank verse

Ballad

Iambic pentameter
8 Who cannot adapt to life on earth?
The couple

Eve

The children

Adam
9 Define "draughty."
Cold and uncomfortable

A kind of laughter

Misbehaving

Warm and moist
10 What does the phrase "not unhappy" suggest?
This double negative suggests hesitation and confusion, perhaps suggesting that Eve feels the opposite

Adam and Eve both struggled to adapt to life on earth

A double negative makes a positive; Eve is happy

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

Wright dislikes using metaphors.

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 demonstrable, and thus exist.

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

Faults of character are the only real thing.

What cannot be demonstrated doesn’t exist.
13 What is Eve's brand of logic?
Adam is faultless and worthy of following.

Perhaps nothing exists but our faults.

Faults of character are not real.

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

None

His own

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 will always follow her husband.

Eve silently but strongly disagrees with Adam's behavior.

Eve is prepared to replace her husband.
16 Who is "They" in the poem?
Adam and Eve's children

Adam and Eve

Divine figures

The other humans
17 What does Eve say when Adam complains about her cooking?
Then you cook.

(it was hard to compete with Heaven).

I repent my ways,

You can see how his pride had been hurt.
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.

mechanical harvesters, combustion engines, escalators, refrigerators,

multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

God and the Other
19 Who is "the Other"?
Adam

God

Most likely Satan

Eve
20 What have Eve's daughters inherited?
A propensity to speak up

Eve's beauty

Eve's own faults of character

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

A life of their own

A destructive nature

Multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education
22 Which best characterizes the line "I observed this with Abel and Cain"?
Proud because Eve is their mother.

Ironic because their story ended in murder.

None

True and transparent.
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?
"But you are my daughters..."

"In the process..."

"It was not I..."

"You see, he..."
25 What does Eve say about Adam in the end?
You see, he had always been jealous.

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.

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