Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?

orange

green

blue

grey
2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem?

surfacing

snoring

muffling

heaves
3 Where does the island man live?

unknown island in the Caribbean

we can't tell from the poem

London

Guyana
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?

unnamed narrator

the island man

the island woman

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

afternoon

evening

morning

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

common/ballad verse

blank verse

free verse

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

traffic outside

fishermen and seabirds

waves in the sea

sandy beaches
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?

Suriname

French Guiana

England

Guyana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?

England

France

The United States

Ireland
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose

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

the man gets out of bed

the man goes back to sleep

the man moves to London

the man wakes up
12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza?

grey and isolated

gigantic and forested

warm and busy

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

the sound of traffic

opening his eyes

he does not come back to reality

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

heavily

groggily

wildly

defiantly
15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza?

muffling

waving

crumpling

heaving
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?

imagery

irony

satire

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

pun

repetition

imagery

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

repetition

simile

pun

metaphor
19 What happens in the third stanza?

the island man realizes he is in London

the island man goes outside

the island man goes for a drive

the island man falls back asleep
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?

a woman singing

a surge of cars on the road

birds and fisherman at sea

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

heaving

muffling

crumpling

surging
22 How is the sunrise described?

groggy

wild

defiant

brilliant
23 Which happens first in the poem?

the man wakes up and imagines an island

the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic

the man dreams of an island

the man wakes up and realizes he is in London
24 Which word best describes the man's feelings towards living in London?

fearful

hopeful

excited

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

wheels on the road

waves crashing

roar of traffic

men yelling

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