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

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

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

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

Free Verse

Iambic pentameter

Blank Verse
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 an unstressed syllable

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

A verse of three measures

A verse of four measures

A verse of five 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 "m" sounds

The process of divination

The sound a goat makes

Repetition of "s" sounds
7 Define "resurrection"
The revitalization or revival of something

Lazarus

Another word for death

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

Shapeless

This is

Strength
9 Who is the third that lays in the couple's embrace?
Their guilt

The couple's child

Another lover

A ghost
10 Which of the following is not used to represent the creation of life?
the question and reply;

the maker and the made;

the strength that my arm knows

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

Collective Experience

Unity

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

Six

Three

Four
13 What is suggested by the title?
The male speaker imagines what it is like to be female

The speaker is angry at her partner

There exists a collective human experience

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

Being overwhelmed

Evil

Blindness
15 What does the poem simultaneously refer to?
Being single and being a parent

The sexual act and the period of gestation

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?
It naturalizes the creation of life

Roses do not come from trees

There is no significance

It is beautiful but has no meaning
17 Which line suggests an ignorance involved in creating life?
the arc of flesh that is my breast,

foresees the unimagined light.

yet you and I have known it well.

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?
It inserts a divine quality into the creation of life

It grounds the creation of life inside human anatomy and physiology

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 our hunter and our chase,

This is no child with a child's face;

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

Complains to the addressee

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?
The baby does not exist

No

The baby is born

Yes
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?
Self-defence

Safety

Pain, danger, walking a thin line

Weaponry
24 Who is being addressed in the poem?
God

The speaker's child

Just the speaker's partner

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

this has no name to name it by;

This is the maker and the made;

he blind head butting at the dark,

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