Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
green

grey

orange

blue
2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem?
muffling

snoring

surfacing

heaves
3 Where does the island man live?
unknown island in the Caribbean

London

Guyana

we can't tell from the poem
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?
the island man

unnamed narrator

Grace Nichols

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

evening

afternoon

during the night
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

sandy beaches

traffic outside

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

Suriname

Guyana

England
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
England

Ireland

The United States

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

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose
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

he does not come back to reality

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

heavily

wildly

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

waving

muffling

heaving
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?
rhetorical question

imagery

satire

irony
17 What literary device is NOT present in the fourth stanza?
pun

simile

repetition

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 falls back asleep

the island man realizes he is in London

the island man goes outside

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?
surging

heaving

crumpling

muffling
22 How is the sunrise described?
defiant

wild

groggy

brilliant
23 Which happens first in the poem?
the man dreams of an island

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

excited

hopeful

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

wheels on the road

waves crashing

roar of traffic

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