Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
orange

blue

green

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

heaves

surfacing

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

unknown island in the Caribbean

London

Guyana
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?
unnamed narrator

the island man

Grace Nichols

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

afternoon

evening

during the night
6 What is the meter of the poem?
blank verse

free verse

common/ballad verse

iambic pentameter
7 What is the FIRST image in the poem?
fishermen and seabirds

traffic outside

waves in the sea

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

England

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 Silver Medal for Prose

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose
11 What happens at the end of the poem?
the man goes back to sleep

the man wakes up

the man gets out of bed

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

gigantic and forested

small and green

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

the sound of his alarm

he does not come back to reality

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

heavily

groggily

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

muffling

heaving

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

rhetorical question

irony

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

pun

simile

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

metaphor

pun

simile
19 What happens in the third stanza?
the island man realizes he is in London

the island man goes for a drive

the island man goes outside

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

a surge of cars on the road

birds and fisherman at sea

a sunrise from the east
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 wakes up and imagines an island

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?
hopeful

fearful

excited

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

waves crashing

men yelling

wheels on the road

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