Beach Burial Quizzes

Beach Burial Quiz

1 Where is the poem set?
Germany.

Australia.

On the shore of the Gulf of Arabs.

The Atlantic Ocean.
2 Which of the following is an example of simile?
Enlisted on the other front. (Line 20)

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

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

As blue as drowned men’s lips (Line 16)
3 What was Slessor's occupation from 1940-1944?
Army officer

English professor

Official war correspondent for Australia

Sculptor
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)

The words choke as they begin (Line 12)

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

Third-person limited

First person

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 sailors' death and entrance into the afterlife.

The speaker's decision to desert the military after witnessing the death of the sailors.
7 When was Kenneth Slessor born?
1930

1925

1916

1901
8 Which of the following lines contain direct rhyme?
Lines 6 and 7.

Lines 18 and 20.

Lines 2 and 4.

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

bang

sparks

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

Wood

Soil

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

Enemy troops lie here

God Bless the Army

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?
Confident and victorious

Bitter but righteous

Somber and mournful

Angry but hopeful
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 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)

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 wet season

The ocean

The sand

The ghostly pencil
18 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
6

4

3

5
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?
Personification

Simile

Hyperbole

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

Thief of the Moon

Earth-Visitors

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

Beach Burial (Title)

But morning rolls them in the foam (Line 4)

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 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

Couplets

Quintains

Quatrains

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