Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
blue

orange

green

grey
2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem?
surfacing

heaves

snoring

muffling
3 Where does the island man live?
London

unknown island in the Caribbean

we can't tell from the poem

Guyana
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?
unnamed narrator

the island man

the island woman

Grace Nichols
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

common/ballad verse

blank 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?
Suriname

French Guiana

Guyana

England
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
France

Ireland

England

The United States
10 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

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

the man goes back to sleep

the man gets out of bed

the man moves to London
12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza?
warm and busy

gigantic and forested

small and green

grey and isolated
13 What brings the island man "back to reality?"
opening his eyes

the sound of traffic

he does not come back to reality

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

groggily

wildly

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

heaving

muffling

waving
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?
imagery

pun

repetition

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

metaphor

repetition

pun
19 What happens in the third stanza?
the island man goes outside

the island man realizes he is in London

the island man goes for a drive

the island man falls back asleep
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?
a sunrise from the east

a woman singing

birds and fisherman at sea

a surge of cars on the road
21 What word is repeated within the fourth stanza?
surging

muffling

heaving

crumpling
22 How is the sunrise described?
wild

groggy

defiant

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

the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic

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?
resigned

excited

hopeful

fearful
25 Which auditory image is NOT present in the poem?
waves crashing

roar of traffic

wheels on the road

men yelling

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