Beach Burial Quizzes

Beach Burial Quiz

1 Where is the poem set?
The Atlantic Ocean.

Germany.

Australia.

On the shore of the Gulf of Arabs.
2 Which of the following is an example of simile?
Dead seamen, gone in search of the same landfall (Line 17)

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

Enlisted on the other front. (Line 20)

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

Official war correspondent for Australia

Army officer

English professor
4 Which of the following is an example of personification?
Dead seamen, gone in search of the same landfall (Line 17)

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

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

The words choke as they begin (Line 12)
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 unknown stranger choosing to bury his enemies.

The sailors' capture by the enemy.

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

1901

1930

1925
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

bang

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?
Unknown seaman

God Bless the Army

Enemy troops lie here

Rest in Peace
12 Which is NOT a theme or motif of "Beach Burial?"
The triumph of good over evil

Religion

Loss and mourning

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

Confident and victorious

Angry but hopeful

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

Red

Orange

Black
15 In line 11, "perplexity" means ___.
Anger

Sorrow

Acceptance

Confusion
16 Which of the following is an example of enjambment?
But morning rolls them in the foam. / Between the sob and clubbing of the gunfire (Lines 4-5)

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

The wet season

The ghostly pencil

The sand
18 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
5

4

3

6
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?
Simile

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Personification
21 "Beach Burial" appears in which of Slessor's collections?
Earth-Visitors

One Hundred Poems, 1919-1939

Thief of the Moon

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

And tread the sand upon their nakedness (Line 8)

But morning rolls them in the foam (Line 4)

Beach Burial (Title)
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

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

The fighting has moved from the beach into the water

The tide is encroaching on the makeshift graves
24 The sailors fought for which nation?
Britain

Australia

Egypt

It is unclear from the poem
25 Which type of stanza does the poem use?
Quintains

The stanza structure varies

Quatrains

Couplets

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