Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?

blue

green

orange

grey
2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem?

heaves

surfacing

muffling

snoring
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?

Grace Nichols

unnamed narrator

the island woman

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

afternoon

evening

during the night

morning
6 What is the meter of the poem?

iambic pentameter

free verse

blank verse

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

traffic outside

sandy beaches

fishermen and seabirds

waves in the sea
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?

French Guiana

Guyana

England

Suriname
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?

Ireland

England

The United States

France
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose

Queen's Gold 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 moves to London

the man gets out of bed

the man wakes up

the man goes back to sleep
12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza?

warm and busy

small and green

grey and isolated

gigantic and forested
13 What brings the island man "back to reality?"

the sound of traffic

opening his eyes

the sound of his alarm

he does not come back to reality
14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza?

heavily

defiantly

groggily

wildly
15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza?

heaving

waving

muffling

crumpling
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?

satire

irony

imagery

rhetorical question
17 What literary device is NOT present in the fourth stanza?

repetition

imagery

pun

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

metaphor

repetition

pun

simile
19 What happens in the third stanza?

the island man goes outside

the island man falls back asleep

the island man realizes he is in London

the island man goes for a drive
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?

a sunrise from the east

a surge of cars on the road

a woman singing

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

heaving

crumpling

surging

muffling
22 How is the sunrise described?

groggy

brilliant

wild

defiant
23 Which happens first in the poem?

the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic

the man wakes up and imagines an island

the man wakes up and realizes he is in London

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

excited

hopeful

fearful

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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