Beach Burial Quizzes

Beach Burial Quiz

1 Where is the poem set?
Australia.

Germany.

On the shore of the Gulf of Arabs.

The Atlantic Ocean.
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)

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

As blue as drowned men’s lips (Line 16)
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?
Dead seamen, gone in search of the same landfall (Line 17)

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)
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 sailors' death and entrance into the afterlife.

The sailors' capture by the enemy.

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

The unknown stranger choosing to bury his enemies.
7 When was Kenneth Slessor born?
1925

1930

1901

1916
8 Which of the following lines contain direct rhyme?
Lines 18 and 20.

Lines 14 and 16.

Lines 6 and 7.

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

sparks

bang

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

Sand

Ocean foam

Wood
11 What did an unknown person write on the makeshift graves?
Rest in Peace

God Bless the Army

Unknown seaman

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

The futility of warfare

Loss and mourning

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

Bitter but righteous

Angry but hopeful

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

Black

Purple

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

Acceptance

Sorrow

Confusion
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)

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

But morning rolls them in the foam. / Between the sob and clubbing of the gunfire (Lines 4-5)
17 Which of the following is NOT personified in the poem?
The sand

The ghostly pencil

The wet season

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

5

6

3
19 Who buried the sailors?
The waves

The speaker

"Someone"

Their fellow surviving sailors
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?
One Hundred Poems, 1919-1939

Earth-Visitors

Thief of the Moon

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

Beach Burial (Title)

And tread the sand upon their nakedness (Line 8)

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

In the morning light, the sailors are jumping from the ships onto the beach

The fighting has moved from the beach into the water

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

Australia

It is unclear from the poem

Egypt
25 Which type of stanza does the poem use?
Quatrains

Quintains

Couplets

The stanza structure varies

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