Woman to Man Quizzes

Woman to Man Quiz

1 Which of the following is not true about the speaker?
A woman addresses her partner

In speaking about her own situation, a woman connects to all of humanity

The speaker is definitely Wright herself

A woman ponders the creation of life from the intimate sexual act until the labor of birth
2 What is the poem's meter?
Free Verse

Iambic tetrameter

Blank Verse

Iambic pentameter
3 What is an iamb?
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 unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

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

A verse of three measures

A verse of four measures

A verse of six measures
5 Which is an example of sibilance?
silent and swift and deep from sight

This is our hunter and our chase,

This is the maker and the made;

This is no child with a child's face;
6 What is sibilance?
The sound a goat makes

Repetition of "s" sounds

Repetition of "m" sounds

The process of divination
7 Define "resurrection"
Jesus's teachings

Lazarus

The revitalization or revival of something

Another word for death
8 Which is an example of anaphora in the poem?
Shapeless

The Maker

This is

Strength
9 Who is the third that lays in the couple's embrace?
The couple's child

A ghost

Another lover

Their guilt
10 Which of the following is not used to represent the creation of life?
our hunter and our chase

the maker and the made;

the strength that my arm knows

the question and reply;
11 Which is not a theme in the poem?
Unity

Natural Course of Life

Grief

Collective Experience
12 How many stanzas are in the poem?
Five

Six

Four

Three
13 What is suggested by the title?
There exists a collective human experience

The male speaker imagines what it is like to be female

The speaker is angry at her partner

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

The sexual act and the period of gestation

Being single and being a parent
16 What is significant about the metaphor concerning the blood's wild tree and the intricate and folded rose?
Roses do not come from trees

It is beautiful but has no meaning

It naturalizes the creation of life

There is no significance
17 Which line suggests an ignorance involved in creating life?
the arc of flesh that is my breast,

yet you and I have known it well.

foresees the unimagined light.

the blind head butting at the dark,
18 What is significant about mentioning the man's strength and the arc of the woman's flesh?
It grounds the creation of life inside human anatomy and physiology

There is no significance

It inserts a divine quality into the creation of life

It negatively compares the couple's bodies
19 Which line implies some danger in life?
This is no child with a child's face;

This is our hunter and our chase,

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

the precise crystals of our eyes.
20 What does the last line do in the poem?
Complains to the addressee

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

Focus on holding the baby

Shifts the focus, voice, and tone
21 In the beginning of the poem, is the baby already developed?
The baby is born

The baby does not exist

Yes

No
22 Which description best contributes to a sense of tessellation in the poem?
This is no child with a child's face;

foresees the unimagined light.

This is our hunter and our chase,

the precise crystals of our eyes.
23 What is "the blade" suggestive of?
Pain, danger, walking a thin line

Safety

Weaponry

Self-defence
24 Who is being addressed in the poem?
The speaker's child

Just the speaker's partner

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

God
25 Which line best infuses a divine quality into the creation of life?
this has no name to name it by;

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

he blind head butting at the dark,

This is the maker and the made;

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