Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
green

orange

grey

blue
2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem?
snoring

surfacing

muffling

heaves
3 Where does the island man live?
London

unknown island in the Caribbean

Guyana

we can't tell from the poem
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Grace Nichols

the island man

unnamed narrator

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

evening

afternoon

during the night
6 What is the meter of the poem?
free verse

blank verse

common/ballad verse

iambic pentameter
7 What is the FIRST image in the poem?
waves in the sea

sandy beaches

fishermen and seabirds

traffic outside
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?
Guyana

Suriname

England

French Guiana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
Ireland

The United States

England

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

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

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

the man gets out of bed

the man moves to London

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

grey and isolated

gigantic and forested

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

the sound of traffic

the sound of his alarm

he does not come back to reality
14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza?
heavily

groggily

defiantly

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

heaving

crumpling

muffling
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?
irony

rhetorical question

imagery

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

imagery

repetition

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

pun

metaphor

simile
19 What happens in the third stanza?
the island man realizes he is in London

the island man goes for a drive

the island man goes outside

the island man falls back asleep
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?
birds and fisherman at sea

a woman singing

a sunrise from the east

a surge of cars on the road
21 What word is repeated within the fourth stanza?
muffling

heaving

surging

crumpling
22 How is the sunrise described?
wild

brilliant

groggy

defiant
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

fearful

hopeful

excited
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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