Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
grey

blue

orange

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

snoring

muffling

surfacing
3 Where does the island man live?
unknown island in the Caribbean

Guyana

London

we can't tell from the poem
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?
the island woman

the island man

unnamed narrator

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?
iambic pentameter

common/ballad verse

free verse

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

fishermen and seabirds

waves in the sea

traffic outside
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?
French Guiana

Suriname

England

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

Ireland

England

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

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

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

the man gets out of bed

the man goes back to sleep

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?"
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?
heaving

muffling

crumpling

waving
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?
imagery

rhetorical question

irony

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

simile

pun

imagery
18 Which literary device is NOT present in the poem?
pun

repetition

simile

metaphor
19 What happens in the third stanza?
the island man falls back asleep

the island man realizes he is in London

the island man goes outside

the island man goes for a drive
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?
a surge of cars on the road

birds and fisherman at sea

a sunrise from the east

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

muffling

surging

heaving
22 How is the sunrise described?
groggy

wild

brilliant

defiant
23 Which happens first in the poem?
the man wakes up and realizes he is in London

the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic

the man wakes up and imagines an island

the man dreams of an island
24 Which word best describes the man's feelings towards living in London?
fearful

resigned

excited

hopeful
25 Which auditory image is NOT present in the poem?
roar of traffic

men yelling

wheels on the road

waves crashing

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