Beach Burial Quizzes

Beach Burial Quiz

1 Where is the poem set?
Australia.

The Atlantic Ocean.

On the shore of the Gulf of Arabs.

Germany.
2 Which of the following is an example of simile?
As blue as drowned men’s lips (Line 16)

Enlisted on the other front. (Line 20)

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

Dead seamen, gone in search of the same landfall (Line 17)
3 What was Slessor's occupation from 1940-1944?
Official war correspondent for Australia

English professor

Army officer

Sculptor
4 Which of the following is an example of personification?
Written with such perplexity, with such bewildered pity (Line 11)

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

The words choke as they begin (Line 12)

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

Second person

First 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 sailors' death and entrance into the afterlife.

The sailors' capture by the enemy.

The unknown stranger choosing to bury his enemies.
7 When was Kenneth Slessor born?
1930

1901

1916

1925
8 Which of the following lines contain direct rhyme?
Lines 14 and 16.

Lines 6 and 7.

Lines 18 and 20.

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

clubbing

bang

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

Soil

Wood

Ocean foam
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?
Somber and mournful

Bitter but righteous

Angry but hopeful

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

Orange

Purple

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

Confusion

Anger

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

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)
17 Which of the following is NOT personified in the poem?
The ocean

The wet season

The ghostly pencil

The sand
18 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
4

3

5

6
19 Who buried the sailors?
The speaker

The waves

Their fellow surviving sailors

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

Alliteration

Simile

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

Earth-Visitors

One Hundred Poems, 1919-1939

Thief of the Moon
22 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
And tread the sand upon their nakedness (Line 8)

Beach Burial (Title)

But morning rolls them in the foam (Line 4)

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 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

The sailors' bodies are washing ashore in the morning
24 The sailors fought for which nation?
Egypt

Australia

Britain

It is unclear from the poem
25 Which type of stanza does the poem use?
Quintains

The stanza structure varies

Quatrains

Couplets

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