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

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
2 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic tetrameter

Free Verse

Iambic pentameter

Blank Verse
3 What is an iamb?
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

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 three measures

A verse of five measures

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

This is our hunter and our chase,

This is no child with a child's face;

silent and swift and deep from sight
6 What is sibilance?
Repetition of "m" sounds

The sound a goat makes

Repetition of "s" sounds

The process of divination
7 Define "resurrection"
Lazarus

The revitalization or revival of something

Another word for death

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

This is

Strength

The Maker
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 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?
Six

Five

Four

Three
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

The speaker is a female deity

There exists a collective human experience
14 What does light represent in the poem?
Blindness

Being overwhelmed

Being in the world

Evil
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?
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 arc of flesh that is my breast,

the blind head butting at the dark,

foresees the unimagined light.

yet you and I have known it well.
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?
the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

This is our hunter and our chase,

the precise crystals of our eyes.

This is no child with a child's face;
20 What does the last line do in the poem?
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

Complains to the addressee
21 In the beginning of the poem, is the baby already developed?
The baby does not exist

Yes

No

The baby is born
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?
Safety

Self-defence

Pain, danger, walking a thin line

Weaponry
24 Who is being addressed in the poem?
Just the speaker's partner

God

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

The speaker's child
25 Which line best infuses a divine quality into the creation of life?
he blind head butting at the dark,

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

This is the maker and the made;

this has no name to name it by;

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