Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
blue

green

grey

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

heaves

surfacing

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 woman

unnamed narrator

the island man

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

during the night

afternoon

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

iambic pentameter

blank verse

common/ballad verse
7 What is the FIRST image in the poem?
fishermen and seabirds

sandy beaches

waves in the sea

traffic outside
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?
French Guiana

Guyana

England

Suriname
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
Ireland

The United States

England

France
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose
11 What happens at the end of the poem?
the man moves to London

the man gets out of bed

the man wakes up

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?"
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?
wildly

groggily

defiantly

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

crumpling

muffling

heaving
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

simile

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

pun

repetition

simile
19 What happens in the third stanza?
the island man falls back asleep

the island man goes outside

the island man realizes he is in London

the island man goes for a drive
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?
a woman singing

a surge of cars on the road

a sunrise from the east

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

heaving

crumpling

muffling
22 How is the sunrise described?
wild

brilliant

groggy

defiant
23 Which happens first in the poem?
the man wakes up and imagines an island

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
24 Which word best describes the man's feelings towards living in London?
fearful

resigned

hopeful

excited
25 Which auditory image is NOT present in the poem?
men yelling

wheels on the road

roar of traffic

waves crashing

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