Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
blue

grey

green

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

heaves

snoring

muffling
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?
the island woman

Grace Nichols

unnamed narrator

the island man
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?
iambic pentameter

common/ballad verse

free verse

blank verse
7 What is the FIRST image in the poem?
waves in the sea

fishermen and seabirds

traffic outside

sandy beaches
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?
Suriname

England

French Guiana

Guyana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
France

The United States

Ireland

England
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?
Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose
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?
warm and busy

grey and isolated

gigantic and forested

small and green
13 What brings the island man "back to reality?"
the sound of his alarm

he does not come back to reality

opening his eyes

the sound of traffic
14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza?
heavily

defiantly

groggily

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

crumpling

waving

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?
repetition

imagery

simile

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

pun

simile

metaphor
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 falls back asleep

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

birds and fisherman at sea

a sunrise from the east

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

heaving

crumpling

surging
22 How is the sunrise described?
defiant

groggy

brilliant

wild
23 Which happens first in the poem?
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

the man wakes up and imagines an island
24 Which word best describes the man's feelings towards living in London?
resigned

excited

fearful

hopeful
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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