Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
grey

green

blue

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

heaves

surfacing

muffling
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 man

unnamed narrator

the island woman

Grace Nichols
5 During what time of day does the poem take place?
during the night

evening

afternoon

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?
fishermen and seabirds

waves in the sea

traffic outside

sandy beaches
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?
England

French Guiana

Guyana

Suriname
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
The United States

England

France

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

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose
11 What happens at the end of the poem?
the man wakes up

the man gets out of bed

the man moves to London

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

grey and isolated

small and green

warm and busy
13 What brings the island man "back to reality?"
the sound of traffic

he does not come back to reality

opening his eyes

the sound of his alarm
14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza?
wildly

heavily

defiantly

groggily
15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza?
crumpling

waving

muffling

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

pun

simile

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

pun

repetition

metaphor
19 What happens in the third stanza?
the island man realizes he is in London

the island man goes for a drive

the island man falls back asleep

the island man goes outside
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?
a sunrise from the east

a surge of cars on the road

birds and fisherman at sea

a woman singing
21 What word is repeated within the fourth stanza?
heaving

surging

muffling

crumpling
22 How is the sunrise described?
defiant

brilliant

wild

groggy
23 Which happens first in the poem?
the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic

the man wakes up and realizes he is in London

the man wakes up and imagines an island

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

resigned

excited

hopeful
25 Which auditory image is NOT present in the poem?
men yelling

wheels on the road

roar of traffic

waves crashing

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