We Are Going Quizzes

We Are Going Quiz

1 Who is the author?
Oodgeroo Noonuccal

David Unaipon

Jeannie Herbert Nungarrayi

Bejam Kunmunara Jarlow Nunukel Kabool
2 What is the poem's meter?
trochaic tetrameter

free verse

iambic pentameter

iambic tetrameter
3 Who comes in to the little town at the beginning of the poem?
members of an Aboriginal tribe pre-colonization

the white men

The remaining members of an Aboriginal tribe

the speaker
4 How are the tribal members first described?
"Gone now and scattered"

"A semi-naked band subdued and silent"

"hurry about like ants"

"the old ceremonies, the laws of the elders"
5 What is a bora ground?
The original name for Australia

A sacred Aboriginal ceremony

Site for sacred Aboriginal ceremonies

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

hurry about like ants

attack the tribal members

organize clean-up campaigns
7 What does the notice of the estate agent read?
'Site for Sacred Aboriginal Ceremonies'

'Rubbish May Be Tipped Here'

'No Littering'

'Land for Sale'
8 Who are the true strangers to the place?
the Aboriginal tribe

the animals

the white tribe

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

We belong

We are

Strangers
10 What is a corroboree?
a party or other social gathering, especially a lively one

a specific type of robbery

Site for sacred Aboriginal ceremonies

an Australian Aboriginal dance ceremony
11 Which animals are gone?
emu, wallaby, and echidna

eagle, emu, and koala

echidna, wombat, and platypus

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

nothing

sunshine

clouds and rain
13 Finish this quote: "We belong here..."
"We belong here, the white tribe are the strangers"

"We belong here, we are the old ceremonies"

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

"We belong here, we are the past"
14 To which laws does the speaker claim to belong?
of the elders

the shadow-ghosts

the Thunderer

of Dream Time
15 How many lines does the poem have?
24

23

22

25
16 What does the name "Oodgeroo" mean?
gifted writer

Stradbroke Island orchid

paperbark

a kind of instrument
17 Where is Oodgeroo Noonuccal from?
Brisbane

Minjerribah (also known as South Stradbroke Island in Australia)

the Tanami Desert

Minjerribah (also known as North Stradbroke Island in Australia)
18 What award did the poet return?
the Mary Gilmore medal

the Jessie Litchfield Award

the International Acting Award and the Fellowship of Australian Writers Award

Member of the British Empire award
19 Which of the following is accurate about Oodgeroo Noonuccal?
She was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of verse

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

She was the first Australian woman to publish a book

She was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book
20 Which collection was this poem originally published in?
The Dawn is at Hand: Poems (1966)

We Went: Poems (1960)

We Are Going: Poems (1964)

Freedom (1960)
21 Which is not a major theme in the poem?
The cyclical nature of time

Environmental degradation

European and Aboriginal kinship

Aboriginal Identity
22 Finish the quote: "We are the wonder tales of..."
Dream Time, the tribal legends told

the wandering camp fires

the past, the hunts and the laughing games

nature and the past
23 The poet's chosen last name refers to:
Her language

Her people

A kind of tree

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

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

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

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

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

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

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