Eve to Her Daughters Quizzes

Eve to Her Daughters Quiz

1 When was this poem written?
1966

1959

1967

1970
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?
Snakes

The original humans

Angels

Children of Mary
4 Who is Eve addressing?
Adam

Abel and Cain

All her children

Her daughters: modern women
5 Finish this line: "It was not I___"
who began it

who endured

who should be blamed

who started it
6 Which best describes Eve's tone in the poem?
Aggressive, angry, contemptful

Ancient, divine, judgemental

Relatable, wrathful, reflective

Informal, ironic, logical
7 What is the meter?
Ballad

Free verse

Iambic pentameter

Blank verse
8 Who cannot adapt to life on earth?
Adam

Eve

The children

The couple
9 Define "draughty."
Warm and moist

A kind of laughter

Cold and uncomfortable

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

Adam and Eve both struggled to adapt to life on earth
11 Why might the poem use little to no metaphor or simile?
The language remains straightforward and gives an edge of modernity and irony.

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

Eve is a very direct and straightforward person.

Wright dislikes using metaphors.
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.

What cannot be demonstrated doesn’t exist.

Faults of character are the only real thing.
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?
None

Her own

His own

Both hers and his
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 is prepared to replace her husband.

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

Adam and Eve's children

Divine figures

Adam and Eve
17 What does Eve say when Adam complains about her cooking?
(it was hard to compete with Heaven).

You can see how his pride had been hurt.

Then you cook.

I repent my ways,
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

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

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

Adam

God

Eve
20 What have Eve's daughters inherited?
Eve's beauty

Eve's rebellious nature

Eve's own faults of character

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

A destructive nature

Multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

Their own logic
22 Which best characterizes the line "I observed this with Abel and Cain"?
True and transparent.

None

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.

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

He has turned himself into God,

Faults of character have their own logic
24 Which is an anaphora in the poem?
"It was not I..."

"You see, he..."

"But you are my daughters..."

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

You see, he was always an egotist.

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