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?

snoring

muffling

surfacing

heaves
3 Where does the island man live?

we can't tell from the poem

unknown island in the Caribbean

London

Guyana
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?

the island woman

unnamed narrator

Grace Nichols

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

afternoon

evening

during the night

morning
6 What is the meter of the poem?

blank verse

iambic pentameter

common/ballad verse

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

waves in the sea

sandy beaches

traffic outside

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

French Guiana

England

Suriname

Guyana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?

Ireland

England

France

The United States
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
11 What happens at the end of the poem?

the man wakes up

the man moves to London

the man gets out of bed

the man goes back to sleep
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?"

opening his eyes

the sound of his alarm

he does not come back to reality

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

crumpling

muffling

heaving
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?

simile

pun

repetition

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

pun

metaphor

repetition

simile
19 What happens in the third stanza?

the island man goes for a drive

the island man realizes he is in London

the island man falls back asleep

the island man goes outside
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?

a sunrise from the east

birds and fisherman at sea

a surge of cars on the road

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

crumpling

heaving

muffling

surging
22 How is the sunrise described?

brilliant

defiant

wild

groggy
23 Which happens first in the poem?

the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic

the man wakes up and realizes he is in London

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?

hopeful

fearful

excited

resigned
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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