Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
orange

blue

grey

green
2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem?
surfacing

muffling

snoring

heaves
3 Where does the island man live?
Guyana

unknown island in the Caribbean

we can't tell from the poem

London
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?
the island man

unnamed narrator

the island woman

Grace Nichols
5 During what time of day does the poem take place?
during the night

afternoon

evening

morning
6 What is the meter of the poem?
blank verse

free verse

iambic pentameter

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

traffic outside

waves in the sea

fishermen and seabirds
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?
Suriname

England

French Guiana

Guyana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
The United States

England

Ireland

France
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?
Queen's Silver Medal for Prose

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose
11 What happens at the end of the poem?
the man moves to London

the man gets out of bed

the man wakes up

the man goes back to sleep
12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza?
gigantic and forested

small and green

warm and busy

grey and isolated
13 What brings the island man "back to reality?"
he does not come back to reality

the sound of his alarm

opening his eyes

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

heavily

groggily

wildly
15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza?
muffling

waving

crumpling

heaving
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?
satire

imagery

rhetorical question

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

pun

imagery

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

repetition

pun

metaphor
19 What happens in the third stanza?
the island man goes for a drive

the island man goes outside

the island man falls back asleep

the island man realizes he is in London
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?
a surge of cars on the road

a woman singing

birds and fisherman at sea

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

surging

crumpling

muffling
22 How is the sunrise described?
wild

groggy

brilliant

defiant
23 Which happens first in the poem?
the man wakes up and imagines an island

the man wakes up and realizes he is in London

the man dreams of an island

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

fearful

resigned

hopeful
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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