We Are Going Quizzes

We Are Going Quiz

1 Who is the author?
Bejam Kunmunara Jarlow Nunukel Kabool

David Unaipon

Jeannie Herbert Nungarrayi

Oodgeroo Noonuccal
2 What is the poem's meter?
free verse

iambic pentameter

trochaic tetrameter

iambic tetrameter
3 Who comes in to the little town at the beginning of the poem?
the speaker

The remaining members of an Aboriginal tribe

the white men

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

"Gone now and scattered"

"the old ceremonies, the laws of the elders"

"A semi-naked band subdued and silent"
5 What is a bora ground?
The original name for Australia

The land stolen from Aboriginals under the premise of terra nullius

Site for sacred Aboriginal ceremonies

A sacred Aboriginal ceremony
6 What do the white men physically do in the poem?
attack the tribal members

organize clean-up campaigns

ignore and discriminate against the tribe

hurry about like ants
7 What does the notice of the estate agent read?
'Land for Sale'

'Rubbish May Be Tipped Here'

'No Littering'

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

the white tribe

the animals

the Aboriginal tribe
9 What is the most prolonged instance of anaphora in the poem?
We belong

Strangers

Gone

We are
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?
echidna, wombat, and platypus

eagle, emu, and kangaroo

emu, wallaby, and echidna

eagle, emu, and koala
12 What is personified in the poem?
nothing

clouds and rain

lightning and thunder

sunshine
13 Finish this quote: "We belong here..."
"We belong here, we are the old ceremonies"

"We belong here, we are the past"

"We belong here, the white tribe are the strangers"

"We belong here, we are of the old ways"
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?
22

23

25

24
16 What does the name "Oodgeroo" mean?
Stradbroke Island orchid

a kind of instrument

gifted writer

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

Brisbane

Minjerribah (also known as South Stradbroke Island in Australia)

the Tanami Desert
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 Jessie Litchfield Award

the Mary Gilmore medal
19 Which of the following is accurate about Oodgeroo Noonuccal?
She was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book

She was the first Australian woman to publish a book

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

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

We Went: Poems (1960)

Freedom (1960)

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

European and Aboriginal kinship

The cyclical nature of time

Environmental degradation
22 Finish the quote: "We are the wonder tales of..."
the past, the hunts and the laughing games

Dream Time, the tribal legends told

nature and the past

the wandering camp fires
23 The poet's chosen last name refers to:
Her land

Her people

A kind of tree

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 no longer lives on traditional land as a means for survival

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

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