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?
English professor

Army officer

Sculptor

Official war correspondent for Australia
4 Which of the following is an example of personification?
Someone, it seems, has time for this (Line 6)

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

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

The words choke as they begin (Line 12)
5 From which point of view is the poem told?
Third-person limited

First person

Second person

Third-person omniscient
6 "Enlisted on the other front" (Line 20) refers to ____.
The speaker's decision to desert the military after witnessing the death of the sailors.

The unknown stranger choosing to bury his enemies.

The sailors' capture by the enemy.

The sailors' death and entrance into the afterlife.
7 When was Kenneth Slessor born?
1916

1925

1901

1930
8 Which of the following lines contain direct rhyme?
Lines 14 and 16.

Lines 6 and 7.

Lines 2 and 4.

Lines 18 and 20.
9 "Between the sob and ____ of the gunfire."
clubbing

shots

sparks

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

Ocean foam

Soil

Sand
11 What did an unknown person write on the makeshift graves?
Unknown seaman

Rest in Peace

God Bless the Army

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

The futility of warfare

The triumph of good over evil

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

Confident and victorious

Somber and mournful

Bitter but righteous
14 What color was the inscription written in?
Orange

Purple

Black

Red
15 In line 11, "perplexity" means ___.
Confusion

Anger

Sorrow

Acceptance
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)

The words choke as they begin – / ‘Unknown seaman’ (Lines 12-13)

Enlisted on the other front. (Line 20)
17 Which of the following is NOT personified in the poem?
The ghostly pencil

The ocean

The sand

The wet season
18 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
3

4

6

5
19 Who buried the sailors?
The speaker

"Someone"

Their fellow surviving sailors

The waves
20 Which of the following literary elements is NOT featured in this poem?
Hyperbole

Simile

Alliteration

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

One Hundred Poems, 1919-1939

Darlinghurst Nights

Thief of the Moon
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)

The words choke as they begin (Line 12)

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 tide is encroaching on the makeshift graves

The sailors' bodies are washing ashore in the morning

The fighting has moved from the beach into the water
24 The sailors fought for which nation?
It is unclear from the poem

Australia

Egypt

Britain
25 Which type of stanza does the poem use?
Couplets

Quintains

The stanza structure varies

Quatrains

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