1. Poetry from Other Cultures & Traditions Quiz Cluster 1

2. Quick Quiz

3. Who wrote ‘Blessing’? Imtiaz Dharker

4. Where is ‘Two Scavengers’ set? San Francisco

5. 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

6. What is the name of the concentration camp in ‘Vultures’? Belsen

7. Identify the three locations in ‘Nothing’s Changed’ 1. District 6 2. The Whites Only Inn 3. The working man’s café

8. Where is Island Man from? The Caribbean

9. Where does Island Man live now? North London

10. Name two objects mentioned in ‘What Were They Like?’ 1. Stone lanterns 2. Ornaments (bone, ivory, jade, silver) 3. Buds 4. Poems

11. What do the “elegant couple” drive? A Mercedes

12. What does Apartheid mean? Segregation based on ethnic background / race

13. Find the quotation

14. 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”

15. 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

16. Identify the technique

17. 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”

18. 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