Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
orange

blue

grey

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

heaves

snoring

muffling
3 Where does the island man live?
we can't tell from the poem

London

unknown island in the Caribbean

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?
evening

morning

afternoon

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

common/ballad verse

iambic pentameter

free verse
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?
England

Suriname

French Guiana

Guyana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
England

France

Ireland

The United States
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 wakes up

the man goes back to sleep

the man gets out of bed

the man moves to London
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 traffic

he does not come back to reality

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

groggily

heavily

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

muffling

heaving

crumpling
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?
imagery

pun

simile

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

simile

repetition

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

the island man goes for a drive

the island man goes outside

the island man realizes he is in London
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?
a sunrise from the east

a surge of cars on the road

a woman singing

birds and fisherman at sea
21 What word is repeated within the fourth stanza?
crumpling

surging

heaving

muffling
22 How is the sunrise described?
wild

brilliant

groggy

defiant
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?
fearful

excited

hopeful

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

wheels on the road

waves crashing

men yelling

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