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 ponders the creation of life from the intimate sexual act until the labor of birth

A woman addresses her partner
2 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

Blank Verse

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

A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

A metrical foot consisting of an stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

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

A verse of six measures

A verse of five measures

A verse of three 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?
Repetition of "m" sounds

The sound a goat makes

The process of divination

Repetition of "s" 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?
Shapeless

Strength

The Maker

This is
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?
the strength that my arm knows

the maker and the made;

the question and reply;

our hunter and our chase
11 Which is not a theme in the poem?
Collective Experience

Grief

Unity

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

Three

Four

Five
13 What is suggested by the title?
There exists a collective human experience

The male speaker imagines what it is like to be female

The speaker is a female deity

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

Evil

Being in the world

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

Being single and being a parent

Love and hate

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

It is beautiful but has no meaning

There is no significance

It naturalizes the creation of life
17 Which line suggests an ignorance involved in creating life?
yet you and I have known it well.

the arc of flesh that is my breast,

the blind head butting at the dark,

foresees the unimagined light.
18 What is significant about mentioning the man's strength and the arc of the woman's flesh?
It grounds the creation of life inside human anatomy and physiology

It inserts a divine quality into the creation of life

There is no significance

It negatively compares the couple's bodies
19 Which line implies some danger in life?
the precise crystals of our eyes.

This is no child with a child's face;

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

Complains to the addressee

Focus on holding the baby

Shifts the focus, voice, and tone
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?
foresees the unimagined light.

This is no child with a child's face;

This is our hunter and our chase,

the precise crystals of our eyes.
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?
The speaker's partner, and the reader (all of humanity)

The speaker's child

Just the speaker's partner

God
25 Which line best infuses a divine quality into the creation of life?
the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

he blind head butting at the dark,

this has no name to name it by;

This is the maker and the made;

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