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Module A - Language Culture and Identity

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What module have we just finished studying?

a)

Common Module

b)

Module 1

c)

Module A

d)

Cobby-Eckermann

2.

What is the name of this module?

a)

Critical Study of Literature

b)

Poetry

c)

Texts and Human Experiences

d)

Language, Culture and Identity

3.

The poet we have been studying is called (a)  

4.

How many poems did we study in her anthology?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

6

d)

9

5.

How long will you have to write your Mod A essay in the Trials and HSC exams?

a)

60 minutes

b)

40 minutes

c)

20 minutes

d)

45 minutes

6.

The "speaker" of a poem refers to:

a)

The voice narrating the poem

b)

Ali Cobby Eckermann

c)

The person reading the poem out loud

d)

The poet

7.

What parts of Australian history have shaped Eckermann's collective identity? (Select all that are relevant)

a)

The stolen generation

b)

Colonisation of Australia

c)

Hosting the Olympic Games

d)

Giving women the right to vote

8.

Which of Eckermann's poems encourages Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians to discover the traumatic history of Australia? Select ALL that are relevant

a)

Oombulgarri

b)

Key

c)

Unearth

d)

Trance

9.

T/F: The poem of Oombulgarri is meant to represent one particular town

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

Complete the opening line of Oombulgarri "tumbleweeds like blue pattern dresses drift down empty ..."

(a)  

11.

What is the technique in this quote from 'Unearth': "there is blood on the truth"

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Metaphor

d)

Juxtaposition

12.

Finish this quote from 'Unearth': It is not the noise of the (a)  

13.

Which word best describes the tone of 'Trance'

a)

Melancholic

b)

Angry

c)

Passive

d)

Reflective

14.

Finish this line from 'Trance', "hunched in her possum-skin cloak, the dawn breeze chills, a whisper inside her ..."

(a)  

15.

Which word best describes the poem 'Leaves'

a)

Autobiographical

b)

Reflective

c)

Fictional

d)

Optimistic

16.

Finish this line from Leaves: "a lone tree on the ridge is that my ..."

(a)  

17.

Which of these poems is NOT about Indigenous Australians?

a)

Leaves

b)

Oombulgarri

c)

Eyes

d)

Trance

18.

Which eyes does the persona in 'Eyes' choose to deal with the trauma of domestic violence?

a)

The eyes of terror

b)

The eyes of shame

c)

The eyes of submission

d)

the eyes of rage