Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?

grey

blue

green

orange
2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem?

snoring

muffling

heaves

surfacing
3 Where does the island man live?

London

Guyana

we can't tell from the poem

unknown island in the Caribbean
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?

the island woman

Grace Nichols

unnamed narrator

the island man
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?

common/ballad verse

free verse

blank verse

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

fishermen and seabirds

waves in the sea

sandy beaches

traffic outside
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?

England

Guyana

French Guiana

Suriname
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?

France

Ireland

The United States

England
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose
11 What happens at the end of the poem?

the man wakes up

the man gets out of bed

the man goes back to sleep

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

grey and isolated

gigantic and forested

small and green

warm and busy
13 What brings the island man "back to reality?"

he does not come back to reality

opening his eyes

the sound of traffic

the sound of his alarm
14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza?

defiantly

groggily

heavily

wildly
15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza?

heaving

crumpling

muffling

waving
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?

imagery

satire

irony

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

simile

repetition

pun

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

repetition

metaphor

simile

pun
19 What happens in the third stanza?

the island man realizes he is in London

the island man falls back asleep

the island man goes outside

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

a sunrise from the east

birds and fisherman at sea

a woman singing

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

muffling

crumpling

heaving

surging
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?

fearful

resigned

hopeful

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

wheels on the road

waves crashing

men yelling

roar of traffic

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