Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
blue

orange

grey

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

muffling

surfacing

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

unknown island in the Caribbean

Guyana

London
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?
the island woman

the island man

Grace Nichols

unnamed narrator
5 During what time of day does the poem take place?
afternoon

during the night

evening

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

common/ballad verse

free verse

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

sandy beaches

waves in the sea

fishermen and seabirds
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?
England

Suriname

French Guiana

Guyana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
Ireland

England

The United States

France
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Queen's Silver 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 goes back to sleep

the man wakes up

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?"
the sound of his alarm

opening his eyes

he does not come back to reality

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

defiantly

wildly

heavily
15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza?
muffling

waving

crumpling

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?
repetition

simile

imagery

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

metaphor

repetition

pun
19 What happens in the third stanza?
the island man goes outside

the island man goes for a drive

the island man falls back asleep

the island man realizes he is in London
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?
a surge of cars on the road

a woman singing

birds and fisherman at sea

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

heaving

crumpling

muffling
22 How is the sunrise described?
brilliant

wild

groggy

defiant
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 dreams of an island

the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic
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

men yelling

wheels on the road

waves crashing

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