Hurricane Hits England Quizzes

Hurricane Hits England Quiz

1 In what country was Nichols born?
England

French Guiana

Suriname

Guyana
2 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
The United Kingdom

France

The United States

Ireland
3 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose

Commonwealth Poetry Prize

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry
4 Who does the speaker NOT call upon to speak to her?
Aganju

Oya

Shango

Huracan
5 What literary device is present within the fifth stanza?
simile

onomatopoeia

oxymoron

personification
6 What is the meter within "Hurricane Hits England"?
common/ballad verse

blank verse

iambic pentameter

free verse
7 What literary device is NOT present within the poem?
irony

metaphor

rhetorical question

simile
8 What literary device is present within the last stanza?
rhetorical question

personification

metaphor

simile
9 What is the FIRST simile present in the poem?
comparing the wind to a ghost

comparing the gods to the hurricane

comparing the trees to whales

comparing the hurricane to the landscape
10 What adjectives could be used to describe the tone of the poem?
peaceful, joyous

longing, pensive

angry, vengeful

calm, zen
11 To which god does the speaker align herself?
Shango

Huracan

none

Oya
12 Which of these vocabulary words is NOT present within the text?
ancestral

tempest

spectre

havoc
13 Who is Hattie?
the speaker's cousin

the speaker's mother

a Yoruban god

the speaker
14 Where can the speaker reasonably be assumed to be?
Guyana

the narrator cannot reasonably be assumed to be anywhere

on a ship

England
15 Who can be reasonably assumed to be the speaker of the poem?
Hattie

the speaker cannot be reasonably assumed

Grace Nichols

Huracan
16 How does the speaker describe her heart?
frozen

chained

untethered

unchained
17 What effect did the hurricane have on the woman, as described in the first stanza?
showed her the fierceness of nature

brought her closer to the landscape

brought her closer to her ancestors

reassured her she was in the right place
18 What does the speaker first want to know from the gods?
what they really want with her

why they left her behind

whether they actually exist or not

why they came to England
19 What two metaphors does the speaker use to describe her internal state?
the frozen lake and trees within her

the hurricane and tongues within her

the frozen lake and hurricane within her

the winds and mystery of storm within her
20 What do the "old tongues" do in "new places," according the third stanza?
cause chaos and destruction

heal wounds and abate tears

incite reflection and epiphany

care for and caress the narrator
21 What is the central contrast within the fourth stanza?
isolation and belonging

stormy and calm weather

light and dark

blindness and sight
22 What action word is NOT present within the seventh stanza?
riding

trailing

following

aligning
23 What does the narrator NOT invite the storm to do?
melt the frozen lake within her

persuade her to move back home

shake her foundations

remind her to be grounded
24 How is the storm described in the first stanza?
mild, rainy

powerful, angry

exciting, anticipated

depressing, moody
25 What literary device is most prominent in the middle section of the poem?
metaphor

oxymoron

rhetorical question

simile

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