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WorksheetsKnowledge Quiz - 'Checking out me history'
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 6mins
Where was John Agard born?
London
Guyana
Jamaica
United States
Where was John Agard educated?
London
Guyana
New York
Kingston
Which country ruled his home country when he was growing up?
United Kingdom
USA
Jamaica
Guyana
What dialect does Agard use in the poem?
Pidgin English
Standard English
Estuary English
Guyanese Creole
Creole means a language or dialect derived from one or more other (especially European) languages. What other word can mean this?
Pidgin
Pigeon
Patois
Patwa
Which continent is Guyana on?
South America
North America
Europe
America
Toussaint L'Ouverture was the leader of a slave revolt...
who fought against the British in Guyana
who fought against the Russians in Crimea
who fought against the French in Haiti
who fought against Columbus and Spain
Nanny de Maroon helped to free slaves and fight the British in
Guyana
Jamaica
South Africa
the USA
Shaka Zulu was a leader who fought against Europeans in...
The Caribbean
Southern Africa
South America
North Africa
The Caribs and Arawaks were Indigenous people of
The Caribbean
Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Summarise your understanding of the poem
'Bandage up me eye with me own identity' is using which poetic techniques? (Tick all that apply)
Metaphor
Simile
Irony
Phonetic Spelling
The image of Agard 'carving out' his own identity has connotations of what kind of process?
Time-consuming
Quick
Piece by piece
Easy
What themes are represented in this poem?
War
Identity
Anger
Pride
Family
