Eve to Her Daughters Quizzes

Eve to Her Daughters Quiz

1 When was this poem written?
1967

1966

1970

1959
2 Where does the character of Eve come from?
Epistle of James

Song of Songs

Psalms

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

Children of Mary

Snakes

Angels
4 Who is Eve addressing?
Her daughters: modern women

Abel and Cain

Adam

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

who started it

who should be blamed

who endured
6 Which best describes Eve's tone in the poem?
Relatable, wrathful, reflective

Informal, ironic, logical

Ancient, divine, judgemental

Aggressive, angry, contemptful
7 What is the meter?
Blank verse

Iambic pentameter

Free verse

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

Eve

Adam

The couple
9 Define "draughty."
Cold and uncomfortable

Warm and moist

A kind of laughter

Misbehaving
10 What does the phrase "not unhappy" suggest?
This double negative suggests hesitation and confusion, perhaps suggesting that Eve feels the opposite

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
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.
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?
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

Her own

None

Both hers and his
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?
Divine figures

The other humans

Adam and Eve's children

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

Then you cook.

I repent my ways,

(it was hard to compete with Heaven).
18 Which are examples of modern jargon that express the values in certain modern societies?
multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

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

God and the Other

mechanical harvesters, combustion engines, escalators, refrigerators,
19 Who is "the Other"?
Eve

God

Adam

Most likely Satan
20 What have Eve's daughters inherited?
A propensity to speak up

Eve's rebellious nature

Eve's beauty

Eve's own faults of character
21 What does Eve say that faults of character have?
A destructive nature

Multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education

Their own logic

A life of their own
22 Which best characterizes the line "I observed this with Abel and Cain"?
None

Ironic because their story ended in murder.

True and transparent.

Proud because Eve is their mother.
23 What is Eve's primary message to her daughters?
He has turned himself into God,

It was not I who began it.

for the sake of the children, it’s time you took over

Faults of character have their own logic
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?
He has turned himself into God, who is faultless, and doesn’t exist.

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.

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