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?

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

Enlisted on the other front. (Line 20)

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

Sculptor

Official war correspondent for Australia

Army officer
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)

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

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

Second person

First person

Third-person limited

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' death and entrance into the afterlife.

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

1930

1901

1925

1916
8 Which of the following lines contain direct rhyme?

Lines 6 and 7.

Lines 14 and 16.

Lines 2 and 4.

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

bang

sparks

shots

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

Sand

Wood

Ocean foam

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

God Bless the Army

Enemy troops lie here

Unknown seaman

Rest in Peace
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?

Angry but hopeful

Confident and victorious

Somber and mournful

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

Black

Red

Orange

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

Sorrow

Anger

Confusion

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

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

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

Enlisted on the other front. (Line 20)

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 ocean

The wet season

The ghostly pencil

The sand
18 How many stanzas does the poem contain?

3

6

4

5
19 Who buried the sailors?

The waves

Their fellow surviving sailors

The speaker

"Someone"
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?

One Hundred Poems, 1919-1939

Thief of the Moon

Darlinghurst Nights

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

And tread the sand upon their nakedness (Line 8)

The words choke as they begin (Line 12)

Beach Burial (Title)

But morning rolls them in the foam (Line 4)
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

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

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

Egypt

Australia

It is unclear from the poem

Britain
25 Which type of stanza does the poem use?

The stanza structure varies

Quintains

Quatrains

Couplets

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