Beach Burial Quizzes

Beach Burial Quiz

1 Where is the poem set?
Germany.

On the shore of the Gulf of Arabs.

The Atlantic Ocean.

Australia.
2 Which of the following is an example of simile?
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)

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

Army officer

English professor

Official war correspondent for Australia
4 Which of the following is an example of personification?
The words choke as they begin (Line 12)

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

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

Third-person omniscient

First person

Second person
6 "Enlisted on the other front" (Line 20) refers to ____.
The sailors' death and entrance into the afterlife.

The unknown stranger choosing to bury his enemies.

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

The sailors' capture by the enemy.
7 When was Kenneth Slessor born?
1916

1925

1901

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."
sparks

bang

shots

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

Sand

Wood

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

God Bless the Army

Enemy troops lie here

Unknown seaman
12 Which is NOT a theme or motif of "Beach Burial?"
Religion

Loss and mourning

The triumph of good over evil

The futility of warfare
13 Which best describes the poem's tone?
Angry but hopeful

Confident and victorious

Bitter but righteous

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

Purple

Black

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

Acceptance

Anger

Sorrow
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)

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)

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

The wet season

The sand

The ocean
18 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
3

5

6

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

Hyperbole

Personification

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

Thief of the Moon

Earth-Visitors

One Hundred Poems, 1919-1939
22 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
The words choke as they begin (Line 12)

But morning rolls them in the foam (Line 4)

Beach Burial (Title)

And tread the sand upon their nakedness (Line 8)
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 fighting has moved from the beach into the water

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

The tide is encroaching on the makeshift graves
24 The sailors fought for which nation?
Australia

It is unclear from the poem

Egypt

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

The stanza structure varies

Couplets

Quatrains

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