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 tetrameter

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 five measures

A verse of four measures

A verse of six measures

A verse of three measures
5 Which is an example of sibilance?

silent and swift and deep from sight

This is the maker and the made;

This is no child with a child's face;

This is our hunter and our chase,
6 What is sibilance?

Repetition of "s" sounds

The sound a goat makes

The process of divination

Repetition of "m" sounds
7 Define "resurrection"

Another word for death

The revitalization or revival of something

Lazarus

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

The Maker

This is

Shapeless

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

A ghost

The couple's child

Another lover

Their guilt
10 Which of the following is not used to represent the creation of life?

our hunter and our chase

the question and reply;

the maker and the made;

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

Natural Course of Life

Grief

Unity

Collective Experience
12 How many stanzas are in the poem?

Three

Five

Four

Six
13 What is suggested by the title?

The speaker is a female deity

There exists a collective human experience

The male speaker imagines what it is like to be female

The speaker is angry at her partner
14 What does light represent in the poem?

Being in the world

Blindness

Evil

Being overwhelmed
15 What does the poem simultaneously refer to?

Being single and being a parent

Love and hate

The sexual act and the period of gestation

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

It is beautiful but has no meaning

Roses do not come from trees
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?

There is no significance

It grounds the creation of life inside human anatomy and physiology

It negatively compares the couple's bodies

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;

the precise crystals of our eyes.

This is our hunter and our chase,

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,
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

No

The baby does not exist

Yes
22 Which description best contributes to a sense of tessellation in the poem?

This is no child with a child's face;

the precise crystals of our eyes.

This is our hunter and our chase,

foresees the unimagined light.
23 What is "the blade" suggestive of?

Weaponry

Self-defence

Pain, danger, walking a thin line

Safety
24 Who is being addressed in the poem?

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

Just the speaker's partner

The speaker's child

God
25 Which line best infuses a divine quality into the creation of life?

This is the maker and the made;

he blind head butting at the dark,

this has no name to name it by;

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

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