Woman to Man Quizzes

Woman to Man Quiz

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

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

A woman addresses her partner
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 stressed syllable followed by another stressed syllable

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

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

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

A verse of five measures

A verse of four measures

A verse of six measures

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

silent and swift and deep from sight

This is the maker and the made;

This is no child with a child's face;

This is our hunter and our chase,
6 What is sibilance?

Repetition of "s" sounds

Repetition of "m" sounds

The sound a goat makes

The process of divination
7 Define "resurrection"

Lazarus

The revitalization or revival of something

Another word for death

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

Shapeless

This is

The Maker

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

Their guilt

A ghost

Another lover

The couple's child
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?

Collective Experience

Grief

Unity

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

Four

Three

Five

Six
13 What is suggested by the title?

The male speaker imagines what it is like to be female

The speaker is a female deity

There exists a collective human experience

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

Blindness

Being in the world

Being overwhelmed

Evil
15 What does the poem simultaneously refer to?

Being single and being a parent

The sexual act and the period of gestation

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?

There is no significance

Roses do not come from trees

It is beautiful but has no meaning

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

yet you and I have known it well.

foresees the unimagined light.

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?

It negatively compares the couple's bodies

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
19 Which line implies some danger in life?

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

the precise crystals of our eyes.

This is our hunter and our chase,

This is no child with a child's face;
20 What does the last line do in the poem?

Shifts the focus, voice, and tone

Focus on holding the baby

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

Complains to the addressee
21 In the beginning of the poem, is the baby already developed?

Yes

The baby does not exist

The baby is born

No
22 Which description best contributes to a sense of tessellation in the poem?

This is no child with a child's face;

foresees the unimagined light.

This is our hunter and our chase,

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

Safety

Pain, danger, walking a thin line

Weaponry

Self-defence
24 Who is being addressed in the poem?

The speaker's child

The speaker's partner, and the reader (all of humanity)

God

Just the speaker's partner
25 Which line best infuses a divine quality into the creation of life?

this has no name to name it by;

the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,

This is the maker and the made;

he blind head butting at the dark,

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