Woman to Man Quizzes

Woman to Man Quiz

1 Which of the following is not true about the speaker?
In speaking about her own situation, a woman connects to all of humanity

The speaker is definitely Wright herself

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?
Blank Verse

Free Verse

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter
3 What is an iamb?
A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

A type of meat that is considered a delicacy in Australia

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 three measures

A verse of four 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 no child with a child's face;

This is our hunter and our chase,

silent and swift and deep from sight
6 What is sibilance?
The process of divination

Repetition of "s" sounds

The sound a goat makes

Repetition of "m" sounds
7 Define "resurrection"
Another word for death

Lazarus

Jesus's teachings

The revitalization or revival of something
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?
The couple's child

Another lover

Their guilt

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

our hunter and our chase

the strength that my arm knows

the maker and the made;
11 Which is not a theme in the poem?
Collective Experience

Natural Course of Life

Unity

Grief
12 How many stanzas are in the poem?
Three

Five

Six

Four
13 What is suggested by the title?
The speaker is a female deity

There exists a collective human experience

The male speaker imagines what it is like to be female

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

Blindness

Being in the world

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

Love and hate

The sexual act and the period of gestation

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

It naturalizes the creation of life

There is no significance
17 Which line suggests an ignorance involved in creating life?
yet you and I have known it well.

foresees the unimagined light.

the arc of flesh that is my breast,

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 grounds the creation of life inside human anatomy and physiology

There is no significance

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?
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?
Yes

The baby is born

The baby does not exist

No
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.

This is no child with a child's face;

foresees the unimagined light.
23 What is "the blade" suggestive of?
Pain, danger, walking a thin line

Weaponry

Self-defence

Safety
24 Who is being addressed in the poem?
The speaker's partner, and the reader (all of humanity)

God

Just the speaker's partner

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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