Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
grey

orange

green

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

heaves

muffling

surfacing
3 Where does the island man live?
London

Guyana

we can't tell from the poem

unknown island in the Caribbean
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?
the island woman

unnamed narrator

the island man

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

morning

during the night

evening
6 What is the meter of the poem?
free verse

blank verse

iambic pentameter

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

sandy beaches

fishermen and seabirds

traffic outside
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?
England

Guyana

Suriname

French Guiana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
France

Ireland

The United States

England
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?
Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose

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

the man moves to London

the man goes back to sleep

the man gets out of bed
12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza?
grey and isolated

warm and busy

small and green

gigantic and forested
13 What brings the island man "back to reality?"
he does not come back to reality

opening his eyes

the sound of traffic

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

defiantly

groggily

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

waving

heaving

muffling
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?
imagery

rhetorical question

irony

satire
17 What literary device is NOT present in the fourth stanza?
imagery

pun

repetition

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

pun

simile

metaphor
19 What happens in the third stanza?
the island man goes for a drive

the island man falls back asleep

the island man goes outside

the island man realizes he is in London
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?
a sunrise from the east

a woman singing

a surge of cars on the road

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

heaving

surging

muffling
22 How is the sunrise described?
defiant

wild

groggy

brilliant
23 Which happens first in the poem?
the man wakes up and realizes he is in London

the man wakes up and imagines an island

the man dreams of an island

the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic
24 Which word best describes the man's feelings towards living in London?
hopeful

resigned

fearful

excited
25 Which auditory image is NOT present in the poem?
wheels on the road

men yelling

waves crashing

roar of traffic

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