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

A woman addresses her partner

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

The speaker is definitely Wright herself
2 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic pentameter

Free Verse

Iambic tetrameter

Blank Verse
3 What is an iamb?
A metrical foot consisting of an stressed syllable followed by another stressed syllable

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

A type of meat that is considered a delicacy in Australia

A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
4 What is tetrameter?
A verse of four measures

A verse of five measures

A verse of three measures

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

silent and swift and deep from sight

This is our hunter and our chase,

This is no child with a child's face;
6 What is sibilance?
Repetition of "s" sounds

The process of divination

The sound a goat makes

Repetition of "m" 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?
The Maker

Strength

This is

Shapeless
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 strength that my arm knows

the maker and the made;

the question and reply;
11 Which is not a theme in the poem?
Natural Course of Life

Collective Experience

Unity

Grief
12 How many stanzas are in the poem?
Five

Four

Three

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

The speaker is angry at her partner

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

Evil

Blindness

Being overwhelmed
15 What does the poem simultaneously refer to?
Anger and forgiveness

Love and hate

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 naturalizes the creation of life

It is beautiful but has no meaning

There is no significance
17 Which line suggests an ignorance involved in creating life?
foresees the unimagined light.

yet you and I have known it well.

the blind head butting at the dark,

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 grounds the creation of life inside human anatomy and physiology

It negatively compares the couple's bodies

There is no significance

It inserts a divine quality into the creation of life
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?
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?
The baby is born

The baby does not exist

No

Yes
22 Which description best contributes to a sense of tessellation in the poem?
foresees the unimagined light.

the precise crystals of our eyes.

This is our hunter and our chase,

This is no child with a child's face;
23 What is "the blade" suggestive of?
Weaponry

Self-defence

Safety

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

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

God

The speaker's child
25 Which line best infuses a divine quality into the creation of life?
this has no name to name it by;

he blind head butting at the dark,

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

This is the maker and the made;

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