Woman to Man Quizzes

Woman to Man Quiz

1 Which of the following is not true about the speaker?
The speaker is definitely Wright herself

A woman ponders the creation of life from the intimate sexual act until the labor of birth

A woman addresses her partner

In speaking about her own situation, a woman connects to all of humanity
2 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic tetrameter

Free Verse

Blank Verse

Iambic pentameter
3 What is an iamb?
A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

A type of meat that is considered a delicacy in Australia

A metrical foot consisting of an stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

A metrical foot consisting of an stressed syllable followed by another stressed syllable
4 What is tetrameter?
A verse of six measures

A verse of three measures

A verse of five measures

A verse of four measures
5 Which is an example of sibilance?
This is the maker and the made;

silent and swift and deep from sight

This is no child with a child's face;

This is our hunter and our chase,
6 What is sibilance?
The process of divination

Repetition of "m" sounds

The sound a goat makes

Repetition of "s" sounds
7 Define "resurrection"
Another word for death

Jesus's teachings

Lazarus

The revitalization or revival of something
8 Which is an example of anaphora in the poem?
Shapeless

Strength

The Maker

This is
9 Who is the third that lays in the couple's embrace?
Another lover

The couple's child

Their guilt

A ghost
10 Which of the following is not used to represent the creation of life?
the question and reply;

our hunter and our chase

the maker and the made;

the strength that my arm knows
11 Which is not a theme in the poem?
Collective Experience

Unity

Grief

Natural Course of Life
12 How many stanzas are in the poem?
Four

Five

Three

Six
13 What is suggested by the title?
The speaker is angry at her partner

The male speaker imagines what it is like to be female

There exists a collective human experience

The speaker is a female deity
14 What does light represent in the poem?
Being overwhelmed

Being in the world

Evil

Blindness
15 What does the poem simultaneously refer to?
Love and hate

Anger and forgiveness

Being single and being a parent

The sexual act and the period of gestation
16 What is significant about the metaphor concerning the blood's wild tree and the intricate and folded rose?
It naturalizes the creation of life

Roses do not come from trees

There is no significance

It is beautiful but has no meaning
17 Which line suggests an ignorance involved in creating life?
the blind head butting at the dark,

yet you and I have known it well.

foresees the unimagined light.

the arc of flesh that is my breast,
18 What is significant about mentioning the man's strength and the arc of the woman's flesh?
It negatively compares the couple's bodies

It grounds the creation of life inside human anatomy and physiology

It inserts a divine quality into the creation of life

There is no significance
19 Which line implies some danger in life?
This is our hunter and our chase,

This is no child with a child's face;

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

the precise crystals of our eyes.
20 What does the last line do in the poem?
Focus on holding the baby

Suggest the cycle of generations by implying the speaker will one day be a grandmother

Complains to the addressee

Shifts the focus, voice, and tone
21 In the beginning of the poem, is the baby already developed?
No

The baby does not exist

Yes

The baby is born
22 Which description best contributes to a sense of tessellation in the poem?
the precise crystals of our eyes.

This is no child with a child's face;

This is our hunter and our chase,

foresees the unimagined light.
23 What is "the blade" suggestive of?
Pain, danger, walking a thin line

Weaponry

Self-defence

Safety
24 Who is being addressed in the poem?
The speaker's child

The speaker's partner, and the reader (all of humanity)

God

Just the speaker's partner
25 Which line best infuses a divine quality into the creation of life?
he blind head butting at the dark,

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

This is the maker and the made;

this has no name to name it by;

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