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?

Epistle of James

The Book of Genesis

Song of Songs

Psalms
3 Who were the biblical Adam and Eve?

Snakes

Children of Mary

The original humans

Angels
4 Who is Eve addressing?

Her daughters: modern women

Adam

All her children

Abel and Cain
5 Finish this line: "It was not I___"

who endured

who should be blamed

who started it

who began it
6 Which best describes Eve's tone in the poem?

Relatable, wrathful, reflective

Informal, ironic, logical

Aggressive, angry, contemptful

Ancient, divine, judgemental
7 What is the meter?

Free verse

Iambic pentameter

Ballad

Blank verse
8 Who cannot adapt to life on earth?

The children

Eve

Adam

The couple
9 Define "draughty."

Cold and uncomfortable

Warm and moist

A kind of laughter

Misbehaving
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

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
11 Why might the poem use little to no metaphor or simile?

Eve is a very direct and straightforward person.

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

Wright dislikes using metaphors.

The language remains straightforward and gives an edge of modernity and irony.
12 Define Adam's brand of logic.

Faults of character are demonstrable, and thus exist.

Faults of character are the only real thing.

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

What cannot be demonstrated doesn’t exist.
13 What is Eve's brand of logic?

The same as Adam's.

Faults of character are not real.

Perhaps nothing exists but our faults.

Adam is faultless and worthy of following.
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 is prepared to replace her husband.

Eve silently but strongly disagrees with Adam's behavior.

Eve will always follow her husband.

Eve feels passionately about 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?

(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?

multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

God and the Other

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

Most likely Satan

Eve

Adam
20 What have Eve's daughters inherited?

Eve's rebellious nature

Eve's beauty

Eve's own faults of character

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

A destructive nature

Their own logic

Multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

A life of their own
22 Which best characterizes the line "I observed this with Abel and Cain"?

None

Ironic because their story ended in murder.

Proud because Eve is their mother.

True and transparent.
23 What is Eve's primary message to her daughters?

He has turned himself into God,

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

Faults of character have their own logic

It was not I who began it.
24 Which is an anaphora in the poem?

"It was not I..."

"In the process..."

"But you are my daughters..."

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

You see, he was always an egotist.

You see, he had always been jealous.

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.

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