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

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

The speaker is definitely Wright herself
2 What is the poem's meter?
Blank Verse

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

Free Verse
3 What is an iamb?
A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

A metrical foot consisting of an stressed syllable followed by another 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
4 What is tetrameter?
A verse of five measures

A verse of three measures

A verse of six measures

A verse of four measures
5 Which is an example of sibilance?
silent and swift and deep from sight

This is no child with a child's face;

This is the maker and the made;

This is our hunter and our chase,
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

Lazarus

The revitalization or revival of something

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

Strength

Shapeless

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

Their guilt

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;

the question and reply;

our hunter and our chase

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

Natural Course of Life

Grief

Unity
12 How many stanzas are in the poem?
Five

Three

Six

Four
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

Blindness

Being overwhelmed

Evil
15 What does the poem simultaneously refer to?
Love and hate

The sexual act and the period of gestation

Being single and being a parent

Anger and forgiveness
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

There is no significance

It naturalizes the creation of life

It is beautiful but has no meaning
17 Which line suggests an ignorance involved in creating life?
foresees the unimagined light.

yet you and I have known it well.

the arc of flesh that is my breast,

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?
There is no significance

It negatively compares the couple's bodies

It inserts a divine quality into the creation of life

It grounds the creation of life inside human anatomy and physiology
19 Which line implies some danger in life?
This is our hunter and our chase,

This is no child with a child's face;

the precise crystals of our eyes.

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,
20 What does the last line do in the poem?
Shifts the focus, voice, and tone

Focus on holding the baby

Complains to the addressee

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?
The baby does not exist

The baby is born

Yes

No
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 our hunter and our chase,

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

Safety

Pain, danger, walking a thin line

Weaponry
24 Who is being addressed in the poem?
The speaker's partner, and the reader (all of humanity)

God

The speaker's child

Just the speaker's partner
25 Which line best infuses a divine quality into the creation of life?
This is the maker and the made;

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

he blind head butting at the dark,

this has no name to name it by;

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