Woman to Man Quizzes

Woman to Man Quiz

1 Which of the following is not true about the speaker?
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

A woman addresses her partner
2 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic pentameter

Blank Verse

Iambic tetrameter

Free Verse
3 What is an iamb?
A type of meat that is considered a delicacy in Australia

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

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 four measures

A verse of five measures

A verse of six measures

A verse of three 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 sound a goat makes

The process of divination

Repetition of "s" sounds

Repetition of "m" sounds
7 Define "resurrection"
Lazarus

Another word for death

The revitalization or revival of something

Jesus's teachings
8 Which is an example of anaphora in the poem?
The Maker

Shapeless

This is

Strength
9 Who is the third that lays in the couple's embrace?
Their guilt

A ghost

The couple's child

Another lover
10 Which of the following is not used to represent the creation of life?
the maker and the made;

our hunter and our chase

the question and reply;

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

Collective Experience

Natural Course of Life

Grief
12 How many stanzas are in the poem?
Six

Four

Five

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

There exists a collective human experience

The male speaker imagines what it is like to be female

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

Being overwhelmed

Evil

Blindness
15 What does the poem simultaneously refer to?
Being single and being a parent

The sexual act and the period of gestation

Love and hate

Anger and forgiveness
16 What is significant about the metaphor concerning the blood's wild tree and the intricate and folded rose?
There is no significance

It naturalizes the creation of life

Roses do not come from trees

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

the arc of flesh that is my breast,

yet you and I have known it well.

foresees the unimagined light.
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 no child with a child's face;

the precise crystals of our eyes.

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

This is our hunter and our chase,
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

Shifts the focus, voice, and tone

Focus on holding the baby

Complains to the addressee
21 In the beginning of the poem, is the baby already developed?
No

The baby is born

Yes

The baby does not exist
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?
Self-defence

Safety

Weaponry

Pain, danger, walking a thin line
24 Who is being addressed in the poem?
The speaker's child

Just the speaker's partner

God

The speaker's partner, and the reader (all of humanity)
25 Which line best infuses a divine quality into the creation of life?
this has no name to name it by;

This is the maker and the made;

he blind head butting at the dark,

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

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