Beach Burial Quizzes

Beach Burial Quiz

1 Where is the poem set?
The Atlantic Ocean.

Australia.

Germany.

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

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

Enlisted on the other front. (Line 20)

Dead seamen, gone in search of the same landfall (Line 17)
3 What was Slessor's occupation from 1940-1944?
Army officer

English professor

Sculptor

Official war correspondent for Australia
4 Which of the following is an example of personification?
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)

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

First person

Third-person omniscient

Second person
6 "Enlisted on the other front" (Line 20) refers to ____.
The sailors' capture by the enemy.

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' 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 2 and 4.

Lines 18 and 20.

Lines 6 and 7.

Lines 14 and 16.
9 "Between the sob and ____ of the gunfire."
sparks

shots

bang

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

Wood

Sand

Ocean foam
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 triumph of good over evil

Religion

The futility of warfare

Loss and mourning
13 Which best describes the poem's tone?
Confident and victorious

Angry but hopeful

Somber and mournful

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

Purple

Black

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

Sorrow

Confusion

Acceptance
16 Which of the following is an example of enjambment?
The words choke as they begin – / ‘Unknown seaman’ (Lines 12-13)

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)

The breath of the wet season has washed their inscriptions / As blue as drowned men’s lips (Lines 15-16)
17 Which of the following is NOT personified in the poem?
The ocean

The sand

The ghostly pencil

The wet season
18 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
6

4

3

5
19 Who buried the sailors?
The waves

"Someone"

The speaker

Their fellow surviving sailors
20 Which of the following literary elements is NOT featured in this poem?
Alliteration

Personification

Simile

Hyperbole
21 "Beach Burial" appears in which of Slessor's collections?
One Hundred Poems, 1919-1939

Earth-Visitors

Darlinghurst Nights

Thief of the Moon
22 Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
The words choke as they begin (Line 12)

And tread the sand upon their nakedness (Line 8)

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 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?
Australia

Britain

Egypt

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

Quatrains

The stanza structure varies

Quintains

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