Eve to Her Daughters Quizzes

Eve to Her Daughters Quiz

1 When was this poem written?
1959

1970

1967

1966
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?
Angels

Children of Mary

The original humans

Snakes
4 Who is Eve addressing?
Abel and Cain

Adam

All her children

Her daughters: modern women
5 Finish this line: "It was not I___"
who should be blamed

who started it

who began it

who endured
6 Which best describes Eve's tone in the poem?
Ancient, divine, judgemental

Relatable, wrathful, reflective

Informal, ironic, logical

Aggressive, angry, contemptful
7 What is the meter?
Free verse

Ballad

Blank verse

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

The children

Adam

Eve
9 Define "draughty."
Warm and moist

Misbehaving

Cold and uncomfortable

A kind of laughter
10 What does the phrase "not unhappy" suggest?
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"

This double negative suggests hesitation and confusion, perhaps suggesting that Eve feels the opposite
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.
What cannot be physically demonstrated can still be believable through faith.

What cannot be demonstrated doesn’t exist.

Faults of character are demonstrable, and thus exist.

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

Perhaps nothing exists but our faults.

The same as Adam's.

Adam is faultless and worthy of following.
14 Whose logic does Eve use to negate Adam in the final stanza?
His own

Both hers and his

Her own

None
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's children

Adam and Eve

Divine figures

The other humans
17 What does Eve say when Adam complains about her cooking?
I repent my ways,

(it was hard to compete with Heaven).

Then you cook.

You can see how his pride had been hurt.
18 Which are examples of modern jargon that express the values in certain modern societies?
mechanical harvesters, combustion engines, escalators, refrigerators,

God and the Other

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

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

Eve

God

Most likely Satan
20 What have Eve's daughters inherited?
Eve's own faults of character

Eve's rebellious nature

Eve's beauty

A propensity to speak up
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"?
None

True and transparent.

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.

Faults of character have their own logic

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?
"You see, he..."

"It was not I..."

"But you are my daughters..."

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

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

Eve to Her Daughters Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for Eve to Her Daughters is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Ask Your Own Question

Study Guide for Eve to Her Daughters

Eve to Her Daughters study guide contains a biography of Judith Wright, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for Eve to Her Daughters…