Eve to Her Daughters Quizzes

Eve to Her Daughters Quiz

1 When was this poem written?
1959

1970

1966

1967
2 Where does the character of Eve come from?
Song of Songs

Epistle of James

The Book of Genesis

Psalms
3 Who were the biblical Adam and Eve?
Children of Mary

Angels

The original humans

Snakes
4 Who is Eve addressing?
All her children

Adam

Abel and Cain

Her daughters: modern women
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

Aggressive, angry, contemptful

Informal, ironic, logical

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

Blank verse

Iambic pentameter

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

The children

Eve

Adam
9 Define "draughty."
A kind of laughter

Misbehaving

Warm and moist

Cold and uncomfortable
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.

Eve is a very direct and straightforward person.

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

Wright dislikes using metaphors.
12 Define Adam's brand of logic.
What cannot be demonstrated doesn’t exist.

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.
13 What is Eve's brand of logic?
Faults of character are not real.

The same as Adam's.

Adam is faultless and worthy of following.

Perhaps nothing exists but our faults.
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?
Adam and Eve

Divine figures

Adam and Eve's children

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

I repent my ways,

You can see how his pride had been hurt.

Then you cook.
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

mechanical harvesters, combustion engines, escalators, refrigerators,

multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education
19 Who is "the Other"?
God

Most likely Satan

Adam

Eve
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?
A destructive nature

Their own logic

A life of their own

Multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education
22 Which best characterizes the line "I observed this with Abel and Cain"?
True and transparent.

Proud because Eve is their mother.

None

Ironic because their story ended in murder.
23 What is Eve's primary message to her daughters?
Faults of character have their own logic

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,
24 Which is an anaphora in the poem?
"In the process..."

"But you are my daughters..."

"It was not I..."

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

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

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