Woman to Man Quizzes

Woman to Man Quiz

1 Which of the following is not true about the speaker?
A woman ponders the creation of life from the intimate sexual act until the labor of birth

A woman addresses her partner

The speaker is definitely Wright herself

In speaking about her own situation, a woman connects to all of humanity
2 What is the poem's meter?
Free Verse

Iambic pentameter

Blank Verse

Iambic tetrameter
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 metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

A type of meat that is considered a delicacy in Australia
4 What is tetrameter?
A verse of six measures

A verse of five measures

A verse of three measures

A verse of four measures
5 Which is an example of sibilance?
This is no child with a child's face;

This is the maker and the made;

This is our hunter and our chase,

silent and swift and deep from sight
6 What is sibilance?
The sound a goat makes

Repetition of "s" sounds

The process of divination

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

Jesus's teachings

Another word for death

The revitalization or revival of something
8 Which is an example of anaphora in the poem?
This is

The Maker

Shapeless

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

Another lover

A ghost

The couple's child
10 Which of the following is not used to represent the creation of life?
the strength that my arm knows

the maker and the made;

our hunter and our chase

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

Three

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

The male speaker imagines what it is like to be female

There exists a collective human experience

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

Evil

Being in the world

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

Anger and forgiveness

Love and hate

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?
There is no significance

Roses do not come from trees

It is beautiful but has no meaning

It naturalizes the creation of life
17 Which line suggests an ignorance involved in creating life?
the arc of flesh that is my breast,

the blind head butting at the dark,

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 inserts a divine quality into the creation of life

It grounds the creation of life inside human anatomy and physiology

It negatively compares the couple's bodies

There is no significance
19 Which line implies some danger in life?
This is our hunter and our chase,

the precise crystals of our eyes.

This is no child with a child's face;

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,
20 What does the last line do in the poem?
Complains to the addressee

Focus on holding the baby

Shifts the focus, voice, and tone

Suggest the cycle of generations by implying the speaker will one day be a grandmother
21 In the beginning of the poem, is the baby already developed?
No

The baby is born

The baby does not exist

Yes
22 Which description best contributes to a sense of tessellation in the poem?
This is our hunter and our chase,

the precise crystals of our eyes.

This is no child with a child's face;

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

Pain, danger, walking a thin line

Weaponry

Safety
24 Who is being addressed in the poem?
God

The speaker's child

Just the speaker's partner

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;

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

he blind head butting at the dark,

This is the maker and the made;

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