Eve to Her Daughters Quizzes

Eve to Her Daughters Quiz

1 When was this poem written?

1959

1967

1966

1970
2 Where does the character of Eve come from?

The Book of Genesis

Song of Songs

Epistle of James

Psalms
3 Who were the biblical Adam and Eve?

Angels

Children of Mary

The original humans

Snakes
4 Who is Eve addressing?

Adam

Abel and Cain

All her children

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

who started it

who should be blamed

who endured

who began it
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?

Iambic pentameter

Blank verse

Ballad

Free verse
8 Who cannot adapt to life on earth?

Eve

The children

The couple

Adam
9 Define "draughty."

A kind of laughter

Warm and moist

Misbehaving

Cold and uncomfortable
10 What does the phrase "not unhappy" suggest?

A double negative makes a positive; Eve is happy

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

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.

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

Faults of character are demonstrable, and thus exist.

What cannot be demonstrated doesn’t 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?

The same as Adam's.

Perhaps nothing exists but our faults.

Adam is faultless and worthy of following.

Faults of character are not real.
14 Whose logic does Eve use to negate Adam in the final stanza?

None

His own

Her 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 will always follow her husband.

Eve feels passionately about her husband.

Eve silently but strongly disagrees with Adam's behavior.
16 Who is "They" in the poem?

Divine figures

Adam and Eve's children

Adam and Eve

The other humans
17 What does Eve say when Adam complains about her cooking?

You can see how his pride had been hurt.

(it was hard to compete with Heaven).

Then you cook.

I repent my ways,
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?

A propensity to speak up

Eve's beauty

Eve's own faults of character

Eve's rebellious nature
21 What does Eve say that faults of character have?

A life of their own

Their own logic

A destructive nature

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

Proud because Eve is their mother.

None

True and transparent.

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

He has turned himself into God,

for the sake of the children, it’s time you took over
24 Which is an anaphora in the poem?

"You see, he..."

"But you are my daughters..."

"In the process..."

"It was not I..."
25 What does Eve say about Adam in the end?

You see, he was always an egotist.

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

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

You see, he had always been jealous.

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