Hurricane Hits England Quizzes

Hurricane Hits England Quiz

1 In what country was Nichols born?
Guyana

French Guiana

England

Suriname
2 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
Ireland

France

The United Kingdom

The United States
3 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?
Commonwealth Poetry Prize

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose
4 Who does the speaker NOT call upon to speak to her?
Oya

Aganju

Shango

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

personification

oxymoron

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

blank verse

free verse

iambic pentameter
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?
personification

metaphor

rhetorical question

simile
9 What is the FIRST simile present in the poem?
comparing the trees to whales

comparing the wind to a ghost

comparing the hurricane to the landscape

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

calm, zen

angry, vengeful

longing, pensive
11 To which god does the speaker align herself?
Oya

Huracan

none

Shango
12 Which of these vocabulary words is NOT present within the text?
tempest

havoc

ancestral

spectre
13 Who is Hattie?
the speaker

a Yoruban god

the speaker's cousin

the speaker's mother
14 Where can the speaker reasonably be assumed to be?
Guyana

England

the narrator cannot reasonably be assumed to be anywhere

on a ship
15 Who can be reasonably assumed to be the speaker of the poem?
Huracan

Grace Nichols

the speaker cannot be reasonably assumed

Hattie
16 How does the speaker describe her heart?
unchained

chained

untethered

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

reassured her she was in the right place

brought her closer to her ancestors

brought her closer to the landscape
18 What does the speaker first want to know from the gods?
whether they actually exist or not

why they left her behind

why they came to England

what they really want with her
19 What two metaphors does the speaker use to describe her internal state?
the winds and mystery of storm within her

the hurricane and tongues within her

the frozen lake and trees within her

the frozen lake and hurricane within her
20 What do the "old tongues" do in "new places," according the third stanza?
incite reflection and epiphany

cause chaos and destruction

heal wounds and abate tears

care for and caress the narrator
21 What is the central contrast within the fourth stanza?
blindness and sight

light and dark

isolation and belonging

stormy and calm weather
22 What action word is NOT present within the seventh stanza?
following

riding

aligning

trailing
23 What does the narrator NOT invite the storm to do?
shake her foundations

persuade her to move back home

melt the frozen lake within her

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

powerful, angry

exciting, anticipated

mild, rainy
25 What literary device is most prominent in the middle section of the poem?
oxymoron

metaphor

rhetorical question

simile

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