Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
blue

green

orange

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

heaves

muffling

snoring
3 Where does the island man live?
London

we can't tell from the poem

Guyana

unknown island in the Caribbean
4 Who is the speaker of the poem?
the island woman

Grace Nichols

the island man

unnamed narrator
5 During what time of day does the poem take place?
morning

during the night

evening

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

blank verse

free verse

common/ballad verse
7 What is the FIRST image in the poem?
sandy beaches

traffic outside

fishermen and seabirds

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

England

Guyana

French Guiana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
Ireland

The United States

England

France
10 What prize was Nichols awarded in 2021?
Queen's Silver Medal for Prose

Queen's Gold Medal for Prose

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry
11 What happens at the end of the poem?
the man gets out of bed

the man wakes up

the man moves to London

the man goes back to sleep
12 What is the island like, according to the second stanza?
warm and busy

small and green

grey and isolated

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

opening his eyes

he does not come back to reality

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

wildly

groggily

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

crumpling

heaving

muffling
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?
imagery

rhetorical question

satire

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

imagery

pun

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

metaphor

simile

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

the island man falls back asleep

the island man goes for a drive

the island man goes outside
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?
birds and fisherman at sea

a sunrise from the east

a woman singing

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

muffling

heaving

crumpling
22 How is the sunrise described?
brilliant

groggy

defiant

wild
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

excited

hopeful
25 Which auditory image is NOT present in the poem?
wheels on the road

men yelling

waves crashing

roar of traffic

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