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

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)
3 What was Slessor's occupation from 1940-1944?
English professor

Official war correspondent for Australia

Army officer

Sculptor
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?
First person

Third-person limited

Second 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 unknown stranger choosing to bury his enemies.

The sailors' capture by the enemy.

The sailors' death and entrance into the afterlife.
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 2 and 4.

Lines 6 and 7.
9 "Between the sob and ____ of the gunfire."
sparks

shots

clubbing

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

Soil

Wood

Sand
11 What did an unknown person write on the makeshift graves?
Enemy troops lie here

Rest in Peace

God Bless the Army

Unknown seaman
12 Which is NOT a theme or motif of "Beach Burial?"
Loss and mourning

Religion

The futility of warfare

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

Somber and mournful

Angry but hopeful

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

Orange

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)

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

The ocean

The sand

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

3

4

5
19 Who buried the sailors?
Their fellow surviving sailors

The speaker

"Someone"

The waves
20 Which of the following literary elements is NOT featured in this poem?
Simile

Alliteration

Hyperbole

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

One Hundred Poems, 1919-1939

Earth-Visitors

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

The sailors' bodies are washing ashore in the morning

In the morning light, the sailors are jumping from the ships onto the beach
24 The sailors fought for which nation?
It is unclear from the poem

Australia

Egypt

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

The stanza structure varies

Quatrains

Quintains

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