Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
grey

orange

blue

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

muffling

heaves

surfacing
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?
unnamed narrator

the island man

Grace Nichols

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

during the night

afternoon

morning
6 What is the meter of the poem?
blank verse

free verse

iambic pentameter

common/ballad verse
7 What is the FIRST image in the poem?
waves in the sea

fishermen and seabirds

sandy beaches

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

England

Suriname

French Guiana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
France

Ireland

England

The United States
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?
Queen's Gold Medal for Prose

Queen's Silver 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 goes back to sleep

the man moves to London

the man gets out of bed
12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza?
grey and isolated

warm and busy

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?
defiantly

heavily

groggily

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

crumpling

muffling

heaving
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?
satire

rhetorical question

imagery

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

repetition

imagery

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

simile

metaphor

pun
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 surge of cars on the road

a sunrise from the east

a woman singing

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

crumpling

muffling

surging
22 How is the sunrise described?
brilliant

wild

defiant

groggy
23 Which happens first in the poem?
the man wakes up and imagines an island

the man wakes up and realizes he is in London

the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic

the man dreams of an island
24 Which word best describes the man's feelings towards living in London?
resigned

fearful

excited

hopeful
25 Which auditory image is NOT present in the poem?
men yelling

roar of traffic

wheels on the road

waves crashing

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