Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?

green

orange

grey

blue
2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem?

snoring

surfacing

muffling

heaves
3 Where does the island man live?

we can't tell from the poem

Guyana

London

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?

during the night

evening

afternoon

morning
6 What is the meter of the poem?

iambic pentameter

blank verse

common/ballad verse

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

sandy beaches

waves in the sea

fishermen and seabirds

traffic outside
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?

Guyana

Suriname

England

French Guiana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?

England

France

The United States

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 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?

gigantic and forested

small and green

warm and busy

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

the sound of traffic

the sound of his alarm

he does not come back to reality

opening his eyes
14 Which adverb is repeated in the second stanza?

wildly

groggily

heavily

defiantly
15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza?

heaving

waving

muffling

crumpling
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?

irony

rhetorical question

satire

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

imagery

repetition

pun

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

metaphor

simile

pun

repetition
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 falls back asleep

the island man goes outside
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?

birds and fisherman at sea

a woman singing

a sunrise from the east

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

crumpling

heaving

surging

muffling
22 How is the sunrise described?

brilliant

wild

groggy

defiant
23 Which happens first in the poem?

the man falls asleep to the sound of traffic

the man dreams of an island

the man wakes up and realizes he is in London

the man wakes up and imagines an island
24 Which word best describes the man's feelings towards living in London?

resigned

hopeful

fearful

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

roar of traffic

wheels on the road

men yelling

waves crashing

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