Eve to Her Daughters Quizzes

Eve to Her Daughters Quiz

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1 When was this poem written?

1967

1959

1970

1966
2 Where does the character of Eve come from?

Epistle of James

Psalms

The Book of Genesis

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

Snakes

Angels

Children of Mary

The original humans
4 Who is Eve addressing?

Adam

All her children

Abel and Cain

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

who endured

who should be blamed

who began it

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

Informal, ironic, logical

Relatable, wrathful, reflective

Ancient, divine, judgemental

Aggressive, angry, contemptful
7 What is the meter?

Ballad

Iambic pentameter

Blank verse

Free verse
8 Who cannot adapt to life on earth?

Adam

The couple

Eve

The children
9 Define "draughty."

Cold and uncomfortable

Warm and moist

A kind of laughter

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

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

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?

The language remains straightforward and gives an edge of modernity and irony.

Wright dislikes using metaphors.

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

Eve is a very direct and straightforward person.
12 Define Adam's brand of logic.

What cannot be demonstrated doesn’t exist.

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.
13 What is Eve's brand of logic?

Faults of character are not real.

The same as Adam's.

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?

Both hers and his

Her own

None

His own
15 What do the ellipses and exclamation mark suggest in the line "But Adam, you know ….. !"?

Eve will always follow her husband.

Eve is prepared to replace her husband.

Eve silently but strongly disagrees with Adam's behavior.

Eve feels passionately about 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?

(it was hard to compete with Heaven).

Then you cook.

I repent my ways,

You can see how his pride had been hurt.
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"?

Adam

God

Most likely Satan

Eve
20 What have Eve's daughters inherited?

Eve's beauty

Eve's rebellious nature

A propensity to speak up

Eve's own faults of character
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"?

Proud because Eve is their mother.

None

Ironic because their story ended in murder.

True and transparent.
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?

"You see, he..."

"It was not I..."

"In the process..."

"But you are my daughters..."
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.

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

You see, he was always an egotist.

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