Beach Burial Quizzes

Beach Burial Quiz

1 Where is the poem set?

Australia.

The Atlantic Ocean.

Germany.

On the shore of the Gulf of Arabs.
2 Which of the following is an example of simile?

Enlisted on the other front. (Line 20)

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

As blue as drowned men’s lips (Line 16)

pluck them from the shallows and bury them in burrows (Line 7)
3 What was Slessor's occupation from 1940-1944?

Sculptor

English professor

Army officer

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

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

Written with such perplexity, with such bewildered pity (Line 11)

The words choke as they begin (Line 12)

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 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?

1930

1925

1916

1901
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."

bang

shots

clubbing

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

Sand

Wood

Soil

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?"

Loss and mourning

Religion

The futility of warfare

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

Somber and mournful

Bitter but righteous

Angry but hopeful

Confident and victorious
14 What color was the inscription written in?

Orange

Black

Purple

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

Sorrow

Confusion

Anger

Acceptance
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 ocean

The sand
18 How many stanzas does the poem contain?

3

5

6

4
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?

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Simile

Personification
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?

And tread the sand upon their nakedness (Line 8)

But morning rolls them in the foam (Line 4)

Beach Burial (Title)

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)

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

The tide is encroaching on the makeshift graves

The sailors' bodies are washing ashore in the morning

The fighting has moved from the beach into the water
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?

Quintains

Couplets

Quatrains

The stanza structure varies

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