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?

Dead seamen, gone in search of the same landfall (Line 17)

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

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

Enlisted on the other front. (Line 20)
3 What was Slessor's occupation from 1940-1944?

English professor

Army officer

Official war correspondent for Australia

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)

Dead seamen, gone in search of the same landfall (Line 17)

Someone, it seems, has time for this (Line 6)
5 From which point of view is the poem told?

Third-person limited

Third-person omniscient

First person

Second person
6 "Enlisted on the other front" (Line 20) refers to ____.

The unknown stranger choosing to bury his enemies.

The sailors' capture by the enemy.

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

The sailors' death and entrance into the afterlife.
7 When was Kenneth Slessor born?

1901

1925

1916

1930
8 Which of the following lines contain direct rhyme?

Lines 14 and 16.

Lines 18 and 20.

Lines 6 and 7.

Lines 2 and 4.
9 "Between the sob and ____ of the gunfire."

shots

sparks

bang

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

Sand

Ocean foam

Wood

Soil
11 What did an unknown person write on the makeshift graves?

Unknown seaman

Enemy troops lie here

Rest in Peace

God Bless the Army
12 Which is NOT a theme or motif of "Beach Burial?"

The futility of warfare

The triumph of good over evil

Religion

Loss and mourning
13 Which best describes the poem's tone?

Bitter but righteous

Angry but hopeful

Confident and victorious

Somber and mournful
14 What color was the inscription written in?

Purple

Black

Red

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

Anger

Confusion

Acceptance

Sorrow
16 Which of the following is an example of enjambment?

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 breath of the wet season has washed their inscriptions / As blue as drowned men’s lips (Lines 15-16)

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 ocean

The ghostly pencil
18 How many stanzas does the poem contain?

6

3

5

4
19 Who buried the sailors?

The speaker

"Someone"

The waves

Their fellow surviving sailors
20 Which of the following literary elements is NOT featured in this poem?

Alliteration

Simile

Hyperbole

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

Thief of the Moon

One Hundred Poems, 1919-1939

Darlinghurst Nights

Earth-Visitors
22 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

But morning rolls them in the foam (Line 4)

And tread the sand upon their nakedness (Line 8)

Beach Burial (Title)

The words choke as they begin (Line 12)
23 In the context of the poem, what does "morning rolls them in the foam" mean? (Line 4)

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

In the morning light, the sailors are jumping from the ships onto the beach
24 The sailors fought for which nation?

It is unclear from the poem

Australia

Britain

Egypt
25 Which type of stanza does the poem use?

Quatrains

The stanza structure varies

Quintains

Couplets

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