poetry from other cultures & traditions quiz cluster 1
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Poetry from Other Cultures & Traditions
Quiz
Cluster 1
Quick Quiz
Who wrote ‘Blessing’?
Imtiaz Dharker
Where is ‘Two Scavengers’ set?
San Francisco
Give two possible meanings of the word ‘Limbo’
1. A dance from the Caribbean2. A place between heaven & hell3. Nothingness4. A place for lost things
What is the name of the concentration camp in
‘Vultures’?
Belsen
Identify the three locations in ‘Nothing’s Changed’
1. District 6
2. The Whites Only Inn
3. The working man’s café
Where is Island Man from?
The Caribbean
Where does Island Man live now?
North London
Name two objects mentioned in ‘What Were
They Like?’
1. Stone lanterns2. Ornaments (bone, ivory, jade,
silver)3. Buds4. Poems
What do the “elegant couple” drive?
A Mercedes
What does Apartheid mean?
Segregation based on ethnic background / race
Find the quotation
Which poems do the following quotations come from? “Screaming in the liquid sun”
“Small mean mouth”
“Paralyse the Evil One”
“It is silent now”
“The perpetuity of evil”
Answers “Screaming in the liquid sun”
Blessing “Small mean mouth”
Nothing’s Changed “Paralyse the Evil One”
Night of the Scorpion “It is silent now”
What Were They Like? “The perpetuity of evil”
Vultures
Identify the technique
What is the poetic device used in the following quotations?
“Came like swarms of flies”
“Muffling, muffling”
“Silver crashes”
“He risked the rain”
“Across that small gulf… of this democracy”
Answers “Came like swarms of flies”
Simile “Muffling, muffling”
Repetition “Silver crashes”
Onomatopoeia “He risked the rain”
Personification / alliteration “Across that small gulf… of this democracy”
Oxymoron / metaphor