Island Man Quizzes

Island Man Quiz

1 Which color is NOT featured within the poem?
blue

orange

green

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?
Grace Nichols

the island man

unnamed narrator

the island woman
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?
common/ballad verse

free verse

blank verse

iambic pentameter
7 What is the FIRST image in the poem?
traffic outside

waves in the sea

fishermen and seabirds

sandy beaches
8 In what country was Grace Nichols born?
French Guiana

England

Suriname

Guyana
9 To what country did Nichols immigrate?
The United States

Ireland

England

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

Queen's Silver Medal for Poetry

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Queen's Silver Medal for Prose
11 What happens at the end of the poem?
the man moves to London

the man wakes up

the man gets out of bed

the man goes back to sleep
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 his alarm

he does not come back to reality

opening his eyes

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

defiantly

groggily

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

crumpling

muffling

heaving
16 What literary device is employed within the poem?
rhetorical question

satire

irony

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?
simile

repetition

pun

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

the island man goes outside

the island man falls back asleep

the island man goes for a drive
20 What image is NOT featured within the poem?
a woman singing

a sunrise from the east

birds and fisherman at sea

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

surging

crumpling

muffling
22 How is the sunrise described?
brilliant

wild

defiant

groggy
23 Which happens first in the poem?
the man wakes up and realizes he is in London

the man dreams of an island

the man wakes up and imagines an island

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

hopeful

resigned

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

men yelling

roar of traffic

wheels on the road

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