Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?

green

grey

blue

orange
2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem?

surfacing

heaves

muffling

snoring
3 Where does the island man live?

we can't tell from the poem

unknown island in the Caribbean

Guyana

London
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?

Grace Nichols

the island woman

the island man

unnamed narrator
5 During what time of day does the poem take place?

morning

during the night

afternoon

evening
6 What is the meter of the poem?

free verse

iambic pentameter

common/ballad verse

blank verse
7 What is the FIRST image in the poem?

sandy beaches

fishermen and seabirds

traffic outside

waves in the sea
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?

England

Guyana

French Guiana

Suriname
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?

France

England

The United States

Ireland
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Queen's Silver 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 wakes up

the man moves to London
12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza?

gigantic and forested

grey and isolated

warm and busy

small and green
13 What brings the island man "back to reality?"

the sound of traffic

he does not come back to reality

the sound of his alarm

opening his eyes
14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza?

heavily

defiantly

groggily

wildly
15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza?

crumpling

heaving

waving

muffling
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?

irony

satire

rhetorical question

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

pun

repetition

imagery

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

pun

metaphor

repetition

simile
19 What happens in the third stanza?

the island man realizes he is in London

the island man goes outside

the island man falls back asleep

the island man goes for a drive
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?

birds and fisherman at sea

a surge of cars on the road

a sunrise from the east

a woman singing
21 What word is repeated within the fourth stanza?

surging

heaving

crumpling

muffling
22 How is the sunrise described?

groggy

defiant

brilliant

wild
23 Which happens first in the poem?

the man wakes up and imagines an island

the man dreams of an island

the man wakes up and realizes he is in London

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

resigned

hopeful

fearful

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

men yelling

roar of traffic

wheels on the road

waves crashing

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