Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
orange

grey

blue

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

muffling

snoring

surfacing
3 Where does the island man live?
Guyana

unknown island in the Caribbean

London

we can't tell from the poem
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?
unnamed narrator

Grace Nichols

the island man

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

during the night

evening

morning
6 What is the meter of the poem?
iambic pentameter

common/ballad verse

free verse

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

fishermen and seabirds

waves in the sea

sandy beaches
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?
England

Suriname

Guyana

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

Ireland

France

England
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 moves to London

the man goes back to sleep

the man gets out of bed

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

small and green

grey and isolated

warm and busy
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?
defiantly

groggily

heavily

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

crumpling

muffling

heaving
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?
satire

imagery

irony

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

simile

imagery

pun
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 realizes he is in London

the island man goes outside

the island man falls back asleep
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?
a woman singing

a sunrise from the east

birds and fisherman at sea

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

heaving

crumpling

muffling
22 How is the sunrise described?
groggy

defiant

brilliant

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

the man dreams of an island

the man wakes up and imagines an island

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

hopeful

resigned

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

wheels on the road

roar of traffic

men yelling

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