Eve to Her Daughters Quizzes

Eve to Her Daughters Quiz

1 When was this poem written?
1959

1967

1966

1970
2 Where does the character of Eve come from?
The Book of Genesis

Psalms

Epistle of James

Song of Songs
3 Who were the biblical Adam and Eve?
Snakes

Children of Mary

Angels

The original humans
4 Who is Eve addressing?
Her daughters: modern women

All her children

Abel and Cain

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

who began it

who started it

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

Relatable, wrathful, reflective

Informal, ironic, logical

Ancient, divine, judgemental
7 What is the meter?
Ballad

Iambic pentameter

Free verse

Blank verse
8 Who cannot adapt to life on earth?
The couple

The children

Eve

Adam
9 Define "draughty."
A kind of laughter

Misbehaving

Cold and uncomfortable

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

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"

Adam and Eve both struggled to adapt to life on earth
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.
Faults of character are the only real thing.

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

Faults of character are demonstrable, and thus exist.

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?
Both hers and his

His own

Her own

None
15 What do the ellipses and exclamation mark suggest in the line "But Adam, you know ….. !"?
Eve feels passionately about her husband.

Eve silently but strongly disagrees with Adam's behavior.

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.

I repent my ways,

You can see how his pride had been hurt.

(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

multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

mechanical harvesters, combustion engines, escalators, refrigerators,

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

Adam

Most likely Satan

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 destructive nature

Multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

A life of their own

Their own logic
22 Which best characterizes the line "I observed this with Abel and Cain"?
None

True and transparent.

Ironic because their story ended in murder.

Proud because Eve is their mother.
23 What is Eve's primary message to her daughters?
for the sake of the children, it’s time you took over

He has turned himself into God,

It was not I who began it.

Faults of character have their own logic
24 Which is an anaphora in the poem?
"But you are my daughters..."

"You see, he..."

"In the process..."

"It was not I..."
25 What does Eve say about Adam in the end?
You see, he had always been jealous.

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

You see, he was always an egotist.

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

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