Beach Burial Quizzes

Beach Burial Quiz

1 Where is the poem set?
On the shore of the Gulf of Arabs.

Germany.

The Atlantic Ocean.

Australia.
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)

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

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

Someone, it seems, has time for this (Line 6)

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

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

Third-person limited

Third-person omniscient

First 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

1930

1925

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

Lines 18 and 20.

Lines 14 and 16.

Lines 2 and 4.
9 "Between the sob and ____ of the gunfire."
shots

clubbing

bang

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

Ocean foam

Sand

Soil
11 What did an unknown person write on the makeshift graves?
God Bless the Army

Enemy troops lie here

Rest in Peace

Unknown seaman
12 Which is NOT a theme or motif of "Beach Burial?"
The triumph of good over evil

Loss and mourning

Religion

The futility of warfare
13 Which best describes the poem's tone?
Somber and mournful

Angry but hopeful

Confident and victorious

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

Black

Orange

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

Acceptance

Sorrow

Anger
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 wet season

The ocean

The ghostly pencil

The sand
18 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
6

3

5

4
19 Who buried the sailors?
The speaker

The waves

Their fellow surviving sailors

"Someone"
20 Which of the following literary elements is NOT featured in this poem?
Hyperbole

Personification

Alliteration

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

Earth-Visitors

One Hundred Poems, 1919-1939

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)

The words choke as they begin (Line 12)

Beach Burial (Title)
23 In the context of the poem, what does "morning rolls them in the foam" mean? (Line 4)
The fighting has moved from the beach into the water

The tide is encroaching on the makeshift graves

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

Britain

Australia

Egypt
25 Which type of stanza does the poem use?
The stanza structure varies

Quintains

Couplets

Quatrains

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