We Are Going Quizzes

We Are Going Quiz

1 Who is the author?
David Unaipon

Jeannie Herbert Nungarrayi

Oodgeroo Noonuccal

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

iambic pentameter

iambic tetrameter

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

the speaker

The remaining members of an Aboriginal tribe

members of an Aboriginal tribe pre-colonization
4 How are the tribal members first described?
"hurry about like ants"

"the old ceremonies, the laws of the elders"

"Gone now and scattered"

"A semi-naked band subdued and silent"
5 What is a bora ground?
Site for sacred Aboriginal ceremonies

The land stolen from Aboriginals under the premise of terra nullius

The original name for Australia

A sacred Aboriginal ceremony
6 What do the white men physically do in the poem?
hurry about like ants

attack the tribal members

ignore and discriminate against the tribe

organize clean-up campaigns
7 What does the notice of the estate agent read?
'Rubbish May Be Tipped Here'

'Land for Sale'

'Site for Sacred Aboriginal Ceremonies'

'No Littering'
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?
Strangers

We belong

We are

Gone
10 What is a corroboree?
a specific type of robbery

an Australian Aboriginal dance ceremony

Site for sacred Aboriginal ceremonies

a party or other social gathering, especially a lively one
11 Which animals are gone?
emu, wallaby, and echidna

eagle, emu, and kangaroo

echidna, wombat, and platypus

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

lightning and thunder

clouds and rain

nothing
13 Finish this quote: "We belong here..."
"We belong here, we are the past"

"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"
14 To which laws does the speaker claim to belong?
of Dream Time

of the elders

the Thunderer

the shadow-ghosts
15 How many lines does the poem have?
25

24

22

23
16 What does the name "Oodgeroo" mean?
paperbark

gifted writer

a kind of instrument

Stradbroke Island orchid
17 Where is Oodgeroo Noonuccal from?
Minjerribah (also known as North Stradbroke Island in Australia)

the Tanami Desert

Brisbane

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

the Jessie Litchfield Award

the Mary Gilmore medal

the International Acting Award and the Fellowship of Australian Writers 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

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

She was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book
20 Which collection was this poem originally published in?
We Went: Poems (1960)

The Dawn is at Hand: Poems (1966)

We Are Going: Poems (1964)

Freedom (1960)
21 Which is not a major theme in the poem?
Aboriginal Identity

Environmental degradation

The cyclical nature of time

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

nature and the past

the wandering camp fires

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

Her language

A kind of tree

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

everywhen

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
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

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