Hurricane Hits England Quizzes

Hurricane Hits England Quiz

1 In what country was Nichols born?
Guyana

England

French Guiana

Suriname
2 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
The United States

The United Kingdom

Ireland

France
3 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?
Queen's Gold Medal for Prose

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Commonwealth Poetry Prize

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry
4 Who does the speaker NOT call upon to speak to her?
Oya

Shango

Aganju

Huracan
5 What literary device is present within the fifth stanza?
onomatopoeia

simile

oxymoron

personification
6 What is the meter within "Hurricane Hits England"?
free verse

blank verse

iambic pentameter

common/ballad verse
7 What literary device is NOT present within the poem?
metaphor

rhetorical question

irony

simile
8 What literary device is present within the last stanza?
simile

personification

metaphor

rhetorical question
9 What is the FIRST simile present in the poem?
comparing the hurricane to the landscape

comparing the trees to whales

comparing the wind to a ghost

comparing the gods to the hurricane
10 What adjectives could be used to describe the tone of the poem?
longing, pensive

calm, zen

angry, vengeful

peaceful, joyous
11 To which god does the speaker align herself?
none

Oya

Shango

Huracan
12 Which of these vocabulary words is NOT present within the text?
ancestral

havoc

tempest

spectre
13 Who is Hattie?
the speaker's cousin

the speaker

the speaker's mother

a Yoruban god
14 Where can the speaker reasonably be assumed to be?
England

on a ship

Guyana

the narrator cannot reasonably be assumed to be anywhere
15 Who can be reasonably assumed to be the speaker of the poem?
Huracan

Grace Nichols

the speaker cannot be reasonably assumed

Hattie
16 How does the speaker describe her heart?
frozen

untethered

unchained

chained
17 What effect did the hurricane have on the woman, as described in the first stanza?
showed her the fierceness of nature

reassured her she was in the right place

brought her closer to the landscape

brought her closer to her ancestors
18 What does the speaker first want to know from the gods?
why they came to England

why they left her behind

whether they actually exist or not

what they really want with her
19 What two metaphors does the speaker use to describe her internal state?
the winds and mystery of storm within her

the hurricane and tongues within her

the frozen lake and hurricane within her

the frozen lake and trees within her
20 What do the "old tongues" do in "new places," according the third stanza?
cause chaos and destruction

heal wounds and abate tears

incite reflection and epiphany

care for and caress the narrator
21 What is the central contrast within the fourth stanza?
light and dark

isolation and belonging

stormy and calm weather

blindness and sight
22 What action word is NOT present within the seventh stanza?
riding

following

trailing

aligning
23 What does the narrator NOT invite the storm to do?
remind her to be grounded

melt the frozen lake within her

shake her foundations

persuade her to move back home
24 How is the storm described in the first stanza?
mild, rainy

powerful, angry

exciting, anticipated

depressing, moody
25 What literary device is most prominent in the middle section of the poem?
rhetorical question

simile

metaphor

oxymoron

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