Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?

green

blue

grey

orange
2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem?

heaves

muffling

snoring

surfacing
3 Where does the island man live?

we can't tell from the poem

London

unknown island in the Caribbean

Guyana
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?

unnamed narrator

the island woman

Grace Nichols

the island man
5 During what time of day does the poem take place?

during the night

evening

morning

afternoon
6 What is the meter of the poem?

iambic pentameter

free verse

blank verse

common/ballad verse
7 What is the FIRST image in the poem?

traffic outside

waves in the sea

fishermen and seabirds

sandy beaches
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?

Suriname

Guyana

England

French Guiana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?

England

The United States

France

Ireland
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose
11 What happens at the end of the poem?

the man goes back to sleep

the man gets out of bed

the man moves to London

the man wakes up
12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza?

grey and isolated

small and green

gigantic and forested

warm and busy
13 What brings the island man "back to reality?"

the sound of his alarm

he does not come back to reality

opening his eyes

the sound of traffic
14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza?

defiantly

heavily

wildly

groggily
15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza?

waving

heaving

muffling

crumpling
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?

imagery

irony

rhetorical question

satire
17 What literary device is NOT present in the fourth stanza?

pun

simile

imagery

repetition
18 Which literary device is NOT present in the poem?

metaphor

simile

repetition

pun
19 What happens in the third stanza?

the island man goes outside

the island man falls back asleep

the island man goes for a drive

the island man realizes he is in London
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?

a surge of cars on the road

birds and fisherman at sea

a woman singing

a sunrise from the east
21 What word is repeated within the fourth stanza?

muffling

surging

crumpling

heaving
22 How is the sunrise described?

brilliant

groggy

wild

defiant
23 Which happens first in the poem?

the man wakes up and realizes he is in London

the man dreams of an island

the man wakes up and imagines an island

the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic
24 Which word best describes the man's feelings towards living in London?

resigned

excited

hopeful

fearful
25 Which auditory image is NOT present in the poem?

men yelling

roar of traffic

waves crashing

wheels on the road

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