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?

Song of Songs

Psalms

Epistle of James

The Book of Genesis
3 Who were the biblical Adam and Eve?

Children of Mary

Snakes

Angels

The original humans
4 Who is Eve addressing?

Abel and Cain

Adam

Her daughters: modern women

All her children
5 Finish this line: "It was not I___"

who began it

who should be blamed

who started it

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

Ancient, divine, judgemental

Aggressive, angry, contemptful

Informal, ironic, logical

Relatable, wrathful, reflective
7 What is the meter?

Free verse

Iambic pentameter

Blank verse

Ballad
8 Who cannot adapt to life on earth?

The couple

Eve

The children

Adam
9 Define "draughty."

A kind of laughter

Warm and moist

Cold and uncomfortable

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

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"

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?

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.

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

Faults of character are the only real thing.

What cannot be demonstrated doesn’t exist.

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?

None

Her own

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 feels passionately about her husband.

Eve will always follow her husband.
16 Who is "They" in the poem?

The other humans

Adam and Eve

Divine figures

Adam and Eve's children
17 What does Eve say when Adam complains about her cooking?

Then you cook.

I repent my ways,

(it was hard to compete with Heaven).

You can see how his pride had been hurt.
18 Which are examples of modern jargon that express the values in certain modern societies?

God and the Other

mechanical harvesters, combustion engines, escalators, refrigerators,

Yes, he got to the centre where nothing at all can be demonstrated.

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19 Who is "the Other"?

Adam

Eve

Most likely Satan

God
20 What have Eve's daughters inherited?

Eve's rebellious nature

Eve's own faults of character

Eve's beauty

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

A destructive nature

Their own logic

A life of their own

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

None

Proud because Eve is their mother.

Ironic because their story ended in murder.

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

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

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 had always been jealous.

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

You see, he was always an egotist.

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

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