Woman to Man Quizzes

Woman to Man Quiz

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

A woman addresses her partner

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

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

Blank Verse

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter
3 What is an iamb?

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

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 the maker and the made;

This is our hunter and our chase,

This is no child with a child's face;
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

Another word for death

The revitalization or revival of something

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

This is

Shapeless

Strength

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

Their guilt

The couple's child

A ghost

Another lover
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?

Natural Course of Life

Unity

Grief

Collective Experience
12 How many stanzas are in the poem?

Three

Four

Five

Six
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 angry at her partner

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

Being in the world

Evil

Being overwhelmed

Blindness
15 What does the poem simultaneously refer to?

Anger and forgiveness

Being single and being a parent

Love and hate

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 is beautiful but has no meaning

Roses do not come from trees

There is no significance

It naturalizes the creation of life
17 Which line suggests an ignorance involved in creating life?

foresees the unimagined light.

yet you and I have known it well.

the blind head butting at the dark,

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 grounds the creation of life inside human anatomy and physiology

It negatively compares the couple's bodies

It inserts a divine quality into the creation of life
19 Which line implies some danger in life?

This is no child with a child's face;

This is our hunter and our chase,

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

the precise crystals of our eyes.
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?

No

The baby is born

Yes

The baby does not exist
22 Which description best contributes to a sense of tessellation in the poem?

the precise crystals of our eyes.

This is our hunter and our chase,

foresees the unimagined light.

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

Weaponry

Safety

Self-defence

Pain, danger, walking a thin line
24 Who is being addressed in the poem?

Just the speaker's partner

The speaker's child

God

The speaker's partner, and the reader (all of humanity)
25 Which line best infuses a divine quality into the creation of life?

he blind head butting at the dark,

This is the maker and the made;

this has no name to name it by;

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

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