Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?

green

blue

grey

orange
2 Which verb is NOT used within the poem?

surfacing

heaves

muffling

snoring
3 Where does the island man live?

London

unknown island in the Caribbean

Guyana

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

Grace Nichols

the island woman

the island man

unnamed narrator
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?

iambic pentameter

common/ballad verse

blank verse

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

fishermen and seabirds

traffic outside

sandy beaches

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

England

Suriname

French Guiana

Guyana
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 goes back to sleep

the man wakes up

the man moves to London

the man gets out of bed
12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza?

grey and isolated

small and green

warm and busy

gigantic and forested
13 What brings the island man "back to reality?"

he does not come back to reality

opening his eyes

the sound of his alarm

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

heavily

wildly

defiantly

groggily
15 Which verb is repeated in the fourth stanza?

heaving

crumpling

muffling

waving
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?

satire

irony

imagery

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

simile

imagery

repetition

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

repetition

metaphor

simile

pun
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?

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?

muffling

heaving

surging

crumpling
22 How is the sunrise described?

groggy

wild

defiant

brilliant
23 Which happens first in the poem?

the man wakes up and imagines an island

the man dreams of an island

the man wakes up and realizes he is in London

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

excited

resigned

hopeful

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

wheels on the road

waves crashing

roar of traffic

men yelling

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