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 addresses her partner

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
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 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 six measures

A verse of three measures

A verse of five measures

A verse of four measures
5 Which is an example of sibilance?

This is our hunter and our chase,

silent and swift and deep from sight

This is no child with a child's face;

This is the maker and the made;
6 What is sibilance?

The sound a goat makes

Repetition of "s" sounds

Repetition of "m" sounds

The process of divination
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?

Strength

Shapeless

The Maker

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

The couple's child

Their guilt

Another lover

A ghost
10 Which of the following is not used to represent the creation of life?

the maker and the made;

the strength that my arm knows

the question and reply;

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

Four

Three
13 What is suggested by the title?

The speaker is a female deity

The male speaker imagines what it is like to be female

There exists a collective human experience

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

Being in the world

Evil

Being overwhelmed

Blindness
15 What does the poem simultaneously refer to?

The sexual act and the period of gestation

Being single and being a parent

Anger and forgiveness

Love and hate
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?

the arc of flesh that is my breast,

the blind head butting at the dark,

yet you and I have known it well.

foresees the unimagined light.
18 What is significant about mentioning the man's strength and the arc of the woman's flesh?

There is no significance

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
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?

Complains to the addressee

Focus on holding the baby

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

Shifts the focus, voice, and tone
21 In the beginning of the poem, is the baby already developed?

The baby is born

The baby does not exist

No

Yes
22 Which description best contributes to a sense of tessellation in the poem?

This is our hunter and our chase,

This is no child with a child's face;

foresees the unimagined light.

the precise crystals of our eyes.
23 What is "the blade" suggestive of?

Self-defence

Pain, danger, walking a thin line

Safety

Weaponry
24 Who is being addressed in the poem?

The speaker's child

God

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?

he blind head butting at the dark,

this has no name to name it by;

This is the maker and the made;

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

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