We Are Going Quizzes

We Are Going Quiz

By Isabella Ribeiro · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed June 13, 2023

1 Who is the author?

Bejam Kunmunara Jarlow Nunukel Kabool

Jeannie Herbert Nungarrayi

Oodgeroo Noonuccal

David Unaipon
2 What is the poem's meter?

iambic tetrameter

trochaic tetrameter

iambic pentameter

free verse
3 Who comes in to the little town at the beginning of the poem?

The remaining members of an Aboriginal tribe

the speaker

the white men

members of an Aboriginal tribe pre-colonization
4 How are the tribal members first described?

"hurry about like ants"

"A semi-naked band subdued and silent"

"Gone now and scattered"

"the old ceremonies, the laws of the elders"
5 What is a bora ground?

Site for sacred Aboriginal ceremonies

The original name for Australia

A sacred Aboriginal ceremony

The land stolen from Aboriginals under the premise of terra nullius
6 What do the white men physically do in the poem?

ignore and discriminate against the tribe

organize clean-up campaigns

hurry about like ants

attack the tribal members
7 What does the notice of the estate agent read?

'No Littering'

'Rubbish May Be Tipped Here'

'Land for Sale'

'Site for Sacred Aboriginal Ceremonies'
8 Who are the true strangers to the place?

the Aboriginal tribe

the white tribe

the animals

everyone
9 What is the most prolonged instance of anaphora in the poem?

Strangers

We belong

We are

Gone
10 What is a corroboree?

a party or other social gathering, especially a lively one

a specific type of robbery

an Australian Aboriginal dance ceremony

Site for sacred Aboriginal ceremonies
11 Which animals are gone?

eagle, emu, and koala

emu, wallaby, and echidna

echidna, wombat, and platypus

eagle, emu, and kangaroo
12 What is personified in the poem?

sunshine

nothing

clouds and rain

lightning and thunder
13 Finish this quote: "We belong here..."

"We belong here, we are the past"

"We belong here, we are of the old ways"

"We belong here, we are the old ceremonies"

"We belong here, the white tribe are the strangers"
14 To which laws does the speaker claim to belong?

the Thunderer

of the elders

of Dream Time

the shadow-ghosts
15 How many lines does the poem have?

23

24

25

22
16 What does the name "Oodgeroo" mean?

paperbark

a kind of instrument

Stradbroke Island orchid

gifted writer
17 Where is Oodgeroo Noonuccal from?

the Tanami Desert

Brisbane

Minjerribah (also known as North Stradbroke Island in Australia)

Minjerribah (also known as South Stradbroke Island in Australia)
18 What award did the poet return?

Member of the British Empire award

the International Acting Award and the Fellowship of Australian Writers Award

the Mary Gilmore medal

the Jessie Litchfield Award
19 Which of the following is accurate about Oodgeroo Noonuccal?

She was the first Australian woman to publish a book of verse

She was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of verse

She was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book

She was the first Australian woman to publish a book
20 Which collection was this poem originally published in?

We Went: Poems (1960)

The Dawn is at Hand: Poems (1966)

Freedom (1960)

We Are Going: Poems (1964)
21 Which is not a major theme in the poem?

Environmental degradation

European and Aboriginal kinship

Aboriginal Identity

The cyclical nature of time
22 Finish the quote: "We are the wonder tales of..."

the wandering camp fires

Dream Time, the tribal legends told

nature and the past

the past, the hunts and the laughing games
23 The poet's chosen last name refers to:

A kind of tree

Her land

Her people

Her language
24 How does Warlpiri teacher and artist Jeannie Herbert Nungarrayi describe the concept of Dream Time?

an entire epistemology has been reduced to a single English word.

an all-embracing concept that provides rules for living, a moral code, and rules for interacting with the natural environment

complex of meanings

everywhen
25 What does the phrase "We are going" NOT symbolize?

The ongoing effects of colonization continue to dispose tribes from traditional land

The tribe continues onward into the future despite all the suffering endured

The tribe does not care about the land now that it has been altered

The tribe no longer lives on traditional land as a means for survival

Essays for We Are Going

We Are Going essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of We Are Going by Oodgeroo Noonuccal.

The Theme of Belonging Across Formats: The ten canoes + We are Going + Journey to belonging