Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
grey

orange

green

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

heaves

surfacing

muffling
3 Where does the island man live?
unknown island in the Caribbean

we can't tell from the poem

Guyana

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

Grace Nichols

the island man

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

morning

evening

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

free verse

common/ballad verse

blank 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?
England

Guyana

French Guiana

Suriname
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
France

Ireland

England

The United States
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 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?
gigantic and forested

warm and busy

grey and isolated

small and green
13 What brings the island man "back to reality?"
he does not come back to reality

the sound of traffic

opening his eyes

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

defiantly

heavily

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

muffling

waving

crumpling
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?
imagery

pun

simile

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

repetition

simile

pun
19 What happens in the third stanza?
the island man goes outside

the island man goes for a drive

the island man falls back asleep

the island man realizes he is in London
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?
a woman singing

birds and fisherman at sea

a sunrise from the east

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

heaving

muffling

crumpling
22 How is the sunrise described?
defiant

wild

brilliant

groggy
23 Which happens first in the poem?
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

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

excited

resigned

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

waves crashing

wheels on the road

men yelling

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