Beach Burial Quizzes

Beach Burial Quiz

1 Where is the poem set?
The Atlantic Ocean.

Germany.

On the shore of the Gulf of Arabs.

Australia.
2 Which of the following is an example of simile?
Enlisted on the other front. (Line 20)

pluck them from the shallows and bury them in burrows (Line 7)

As blue as drowned men’s lips (Line 16)

Dead seamen, gone in search of the same landfall (Line 17)
3 What was Slessor's occupation from 1940-1944?
Army officer

Official war correspondent for Australia

English professor

Sculptor
4 Which of the following is an example of personification?
The words choke as they begin (Line 12)

Written with such perplexity, with such bewildered pity (Line 11)

Someone, it seems, has time for this (Line 6)

Dead seamen, gone in search of the same landfall (Line 17)
5 From which point of view is the poem told?
Second person

Third-person omniscient

Third-person limited

First person
6 "Enlisted on the other front" (Line 20) refers to ____.
The unknown stranger choosing to bury his enemies.

The speaker's decision to desert the military after witnessing the death of the sailors.

The sailors' death and entrance into the afterlife.

The sailors' capture by the enemy.
7 When was Kenneth Slessor born?
1901

1930

1925

1916
8 Which of the following lines contain direct rhyme?
Lines 2 and 4.

Lines 6 and 7.

Lines 18 and 20.

Lines 14 and 16.
9 "Between the sob and ____ of the gunfire."
shots

bang

clubbing

sparks
10 Which of the following elements of nature is NOT mentioned in the poem?
Wood

Soil

Sand

Ocean foam
11 What did an unknown person write on the makeshift graves?
God Bless the Army

Rest in Peace

Unknown seaman

Enemy troops lie here
12 Which is NOT a theme or motif of "Beach Burial?"
Loss and mourning

The futility of warfare

Religion

The triumph of good over evil
13 Which best describes the poem's tone?
Somber and mournful

Angry but hopeful

Bitter but righteous

Confident and victorious
14 What color was the inscription written in?
Purple

Black

Red

Orange
15 In line 11, "perplexity" means ___.
Anger

Acceptance

Confusion

Sorrow
16 Which of the following is an example of enjambment?
The breath of the wet season has washed their inscriptions / As blue as drowned men’s lips (Lines 15-16)

But morning rolls them in the foam. / Between the sob and clubbing of the gunfire (Lines 4-5)

Enlisted on the other front. (Line 20)

The words choke as they begin – / ‘Unknown seaman’ (Lines 12-13)
17 Which of the following is NOT personified in the poem?
The wet season

The sand

The ghostly pencil

The ocean
18 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
6

5

3

4
19 Who buried the sailors?
Their fellow surviving sailors

The speaker

The waves

"Someone"
20 Which of the following literary elements is NOT featured in this poem?
Simile

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Personification
21 "Beach Burial" appears in which of Slessor's collections?
Darlinghurst Nights

Thief of the Moon

One Hundred Poems, 1919-1939

Earth-Visitors
22 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
But morning rolls them in the foam (Line 4)

The words choke as they begin (Line 12)

And tread the sand upon their nakedness (Line 8)

Beach Burial (Title)
23 In the context of the poem, what does "morning rolls them in the foam" mean? (Line 4)
In the morning light, the sailors are jumping from the ships onto the beach

The sailors' bodies are washing ashore in the morning

The tide is encroaching on the makeshift graves

The fighting has moved from the beach into the water
24 The sailors fought for which nation?
Britain

It is unclear from the poem

Egypt

Australia
25 Which type of stanza does the poem use?
The stanza structure varies

Quintains

Quatrains

Couplets

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