Eve to Her Daughters Quizzes

Eve to Her Daughters Quiz

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?
Abel and Cain

All her children

Adam

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

who started it

who began it

who should be blamed
6 Which best describes Eve's tone in the poem?
Aggressive, angry, contemptful

Relatable, wrathful, reflective

Informal, ironic, logical

Ancient, divine, judgemental
7 What is the meter?
Iambic pentameter

Blank verse

Free verse

Ballad
8 Who cannot adapt to life on earth?
The couple

Adam

Eve

The children
9 Define "draughty."
Misbehaving

Cold and uncomfortable

A kind of laughter

Warm and moist
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?
Eve's depression prevents her from seeing the beauty of the world.

Eve is a very direct and straightforward person.

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.

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?
Perhaps nothing exists but our faults.

Faults of character are not real.

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?
Her own

His own

Both hers and his

None
15 What do the ellipses and exclamation mark suggest in the line "But Adam, you know ….. !"?
Eve feels passionately about her husband.

Eve silently but strongly disagrees with Adam's behavior.

Eve will always follow her husband.

Eve is prepared to replace her husband.
16 Who is "They" in the poem?
Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve's children

The other humans

Divine figures
17 What does Eve say when Adam complains about her cooking?
You can see how his pride had been hurt.

I repent my ways,

Then you cook.

(it was hard to compete with Heaven).
18 Which are examples of modern jargon that express the values in certain modern societies?
mechanical harvesters, combustion engines, escalators, refrigerators,

multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

God and the Other

Yes, he got to the centre where nothing at all can be demonstrated.
19 Who is "the Other"?
God

Adam

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 life of their own

Their own logic

Multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

A destructive nature
22 Which best characterizes the line "I observed this with Abel and Cain"?
Proud because Eve is their mother.

True and transparent.

None

Ironic because their story ended in murder.
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,

Faults of character have their own logic

It was not I who began it.
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?
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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