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 Caribbean 2. A place between heaven & hell 3. Nothingness 4. 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 lanterns 2. Ornaments (bone, ivory, jade, silver) 3. Buds 4. 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