Woman to Man Quizzes

Woman to Man Quiz

By Isabella Ribeiro · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed August 29, 2023

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

A woman addresses her partner

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
2 What is the poem's meter?

Iambic tetrameter

Blank Verse

Iambic pentameter

Free Verse
3 What is an iamb?

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

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

A verse of three measures

A verse of six measures

A verse of five measures

A verse of four 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?

Repetition of "s" sounds

The process of divination

The sound a goat makes

Repetition of "m" sounds
7 Define "resurrection"

The revitalization or revival of something

Another word for death

Lazarus

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

Strength

This is

The Maker

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

The couple's child

Another lover

A ghost

Their guilt
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 strength that my arm knows

the question and reply;
11 Which is not a theme in the poem?

Collective Experience

Unity

Grief

Natural Course of Life
12 How many stanzas are in the poem?

Five

Three

Six

Four
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

Blindness

Evil
15 What does the poem simultaneously refer to?

Anger and forgiveness

Love and hate

Being single and being a parent

The sexual act and the period of gestation
16 What is significant about the metaphor concerning the blood's wild tree and the intricate and folded rose?

It naturalizes the creation of life

It is beautiful but has no meaning

There is no significance

Roses do not come from trees
17 Which line suggests an ignorance involved in creating life?

the blind head butting at the dark,

foresees the unimagined light.

yet you and I have known it well.

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?

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?

the precise crystals of our eyes.

This is no child with a child's face;

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

This is our hunter and our chase,
20 What does the last line do in the poem?

Complains to the addressee

Shifts the focus, voice, and tone

Suggest the cycle of generations by implying the speaker will one day be a grandmother

Focus on holding the baby
21 In the beginning of the poem, is the baby already developed?

No

Yes

The baby is born

The baby does not exist
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.

foresees the unimagined light.

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

Pain, danger, walking a thin line

Safety

Weaponry

Self-defence
24 Who is being addressed in the poem?

The speaker's child

Just the speaker's partner

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

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

This is the maker and the made;

this has no name to name it by;

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

he blind head butting at the dark,

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