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 addresses her partner

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

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 pentameter

Blank Verse

Iambic tetrameter
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 stressed syllable followed by another stressed syllable

A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a 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?
silent and swift and deep from sight

This is our hunter and our chase,

This is no child with a child's face;

This is the maker and the made;
6 What is sibilance?
The sound a goat makes

The process of divination

Repetition of "s" sounds

Repetition of "m" sounds
7 Define "resurrection"
Jesus's teachings

The revitalization or revival of something

Another word for death

Lazarus
8 Which is an example of anaphora in the poem?
Strength

Shapeless

This is

The Maker
9 Who is the third that lays in the couple's embrace?
A ghost

The couple's child

Their guilt

Another lover
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 question and reply;

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

Collective Experience

Grief

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

Three

Four

Six
13 What is suggested by the title?
The speaker is a female deity

The male speaker imagines what it is like to be female

The speaker is angry at her partner

There exists a collective human experience
14 What does light represent in the poem?
Being in the world

Being overwhelmed

Evil

Blindness
15 What does the poem simultaneously refer to?
The sexual act and the period of gestation

Anger and forgiveness

Being single and being a parent

Love and hate
16 What is significant about the metaphor concerning the blood's wild tree and the intricate and folded rose?
It is beautiful but has no meaning

Roses do not come from trees

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 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?
the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

This is our hunter and our chase,

This is no child with a child's face;

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

Complains to the addressee
21 In the beginning of the poem, is the baby already developed?
Yes

The baby does not exist

No

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

foresees the unimagined light.

This is no child with a child's face;

This is our hunter and our chase,
23 What is "the blade" suggestive of?
Safety

Weaponry

Pain, danger, walking a thin line

Self-defence
24 Who is being addressed in the poem?
Just the speaker's partner

God

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

The speaker's child
25 Which line best infuses a divine quality into the creation of life?
the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

he blind head butting at the dark,

this has no name to name it by;

This is the maker and the made;

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