Eve to Her Daughters Quizzes

Eve to Her Daughters Quiz

1 When was this poem written?
1959

1970

1966

1967
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?
Children of Mary

Angels

Snakes

The original humans
4 Who is Eve addressing?
Adam

All her children

Her daughters: modern women

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

who started it

who endured

who should be blamed
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

Iambic pentameter

Ballad

Blank verse
8 Who cannot adapt to life on earth?
Adam

The children

The couple

Eve
9 Define "draughty."
Warm and moist

Cold and uncomfortable

A kind of laughter

Misbehaving
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 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 the only real thing.

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.
13 What is Eve's brand of logic?
Adam is faultless and worthy of following.

Faults of character are not real.

The same as Adam's.

Perhaps nothing exists but our faults.
14 Whose logic does Eve use to negate Adam in the final stanza?
His own

None

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 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?
The other humans

Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve's children

Divine figures
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.

mechanical harvesters, combustion engines, escalators, refrigerators,

God and the Other

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19 Who is "the Other"?
God

Adam

Most likely Satan

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

Eve's rebellious nature

A propensity to speak up

Eve's beauty
21 What does Eve say that faults of character have?
Their own logic

A destructive nature

A life of their own

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22 Which best characterizes the line "I observed this with Abel and Cain"?
True and transparent.

Proud because Eve is their mother.

Ironic because their story ended in murder.

None
23 What is Eve's primary message to her daughters?
Faults of character have their own logic

It was not I who began it.

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?
"In the process..."

"You see, he..."

"But you are my daughters..."

"It was not I..."
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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