Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
grey

blue

orange

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

snoring

heaves

muffling
3 Where does the island man live?
Guyana

London

we can't tell from the poem

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

the island woman

Grace Nichols

unnamed narrator
5 During what time of day does the poem take place?
evening

during the night

morning

afternoon
6 What is the meter of the poem?
common/ballad verse

iambic pentameter

blank verse

free verse
7 What is the FIRST image in the poem?
traffic outside

fishermen and seabirds

sandy beaches

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

Guyana

England

French Guiana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
The United States

England

France

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

Queen's Gold 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 wakes up

the man moves to London

the man gets out of bed

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

gigantic and forested

grey and isolated

small and green
13 What brings the island man "back to reality?"
the sound of traffic

opening his eyes

the sound of his alarm

he does not come back to reality
14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza?
groggily

heavily

defiantly

wildly
15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza?
heaving

muffling

crumpling

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

irony

satire

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

imagery

simile

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

simile

metaphor

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

the island man realizes he is in London

the island man falls back asleep

the island man goes for a drive
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?
a surge of cars on the road

a sunrise from the east

a woman singing

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

heaving

crumpling

surging
22 How is the sunrise described?
brilliant

defiant

groggy

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

the man wakes up and imagines an island

the man wakes up and realizes he is in London

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

excited

resigned

fearful
25 Which auditory image is NOT present in the poem?
roar of traffic

waves crashing

wheels on the road

men yelling

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