Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
orange

blue

grey

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

heaves

muffling

snoring
3 Where does the island man live?
we can't tell from the poem

London

unknown island in the Caribbean

Guyana
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?
the island man

Grace Nichols

unnamed narrator

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

afternoon

evening

morning
6 What is the meter of the poem?
blank verse

common/ballad verse

free verse

iambic pentameter
7 What is the FIRST image in the poem?
sandy beaches

waves in the sea

traffic outside

fishermen and seabirds
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?
French Guiana

England

Guyana

Suriname
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
England

The United States

France

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

Queen's Silver 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 goes back to sleep

the man moves to London

the man gets out of bed

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

small and green

gigantic and forested

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

the sound of his alarm

opening his eyes

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

heavily

wildly

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

heaving

muffling

crumpling
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?
irony

satire

rhetorical question

imagery
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?
pun

simile

metaphor

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

the island man goes outside

the island man falls back asleep

the island man realizes he is in London
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?
muffling

crumpling

heaving

surging
22 How is the sunrise described?
defiant

groggy

wild

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 dreams of an island

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?
waves crashing

men yelling

roar of traffic

wheels on the road

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