Hurricane Hits England Quizzes

Hurricane Hits England Quiz

1 In what country was Nichols born?
Suriname

Guyana

French Guiana

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

Ireland

France

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

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Commonwealth Poetry Prize
4 Who does the speaker NOT call upon to speak to her?
Shango

Oya

Huracan

Aganju
5 What literary device is present within the fifth stanza?
personification

simile

oxymoron

onomatopoeia
6 What is the meter within "Hurricane Hits England"?
blank verse

common/ballad verse

free verse

iambic pentameter
7 What literary device is NOT present within the poem?
simile

irony

rhetorical question

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

simile

metaphor

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

comparing the trees to whales

comparing the gods to the hurricane

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

angry, vengeful

calm, zen

longing, pensive
11 To which god does the speaker align herself?
none

Oya

Shango

Huracan
12 Which of these vocabulary words is NOT present within the text?
spectre

tempest

havoc

ancestral
13 Who is Hattie?
the speaker

the speaker's cousin

a Yoruban god

the speaker's mother
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?
Huracan

Hattie

the speaker cannot be reasonably assumed

Grace Nichols
16 How does the speaker describe her heart?
frozen

chained

unchained

untethered
17 What effect did the hurricane have on the woman, as described in the first stanza?
reassured her she was in the right place

showed her the fierceness of nature

brought her closer to the landscape

brought her closer to her ancestors
18 What does the speaker first want to know from the gods?
what they really want with her

whether they actually exist or not

why they left her behind

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

the frozen lake and hurricane within her

the frozen lake and trees 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

care for and caress the narrator

heal wounds and abate tears

incite reflection and epiphany
21 What is the central contrast within the fourth stanza?
stormy and calm weather

isolation and belonging

light and dark

blindness and sight
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

melt the frozen lake within her

persuade her to move back home

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

exciting, anticipated

powerful, angry

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

simile

rhetorical question

metaphor

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