A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?
Women

Men

Woman

Man
2 Who has a right to the view?
Everyone

Women

Men

Moore
3 What is "human nature"?
To look at the sea

To stand in the middle of a thing

To stand tall

To block others
4 What does the sea have to give?
A grave

Life

Despair

Freedom
5 What things stand in a procession?
Waves

Turkeys

Men

Firs
6 What is at the top of the firs?
Fish

A star

A turkey foot

A wave
7 How are the firs described?
Reserved

Apathetic

Ignorant

Cruel
8 What is not an obvious characteristic of the sea?
Cruelty

Rapaciousness

Repression

Indifference
9 The sea is a/an
divider

collector

destroyer

procurer
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?
Rocks

Bones

Nets

Seaweed
11 Men ________ the grave.
decimate

desecrate

destroy

disdain
12 The blades of oars are compared to
waves

fish scales

water spiders

birds
13 The waves have
wrinkles

grooves

curves

contours
14 The sea rustles in and out of the
cliff

foam

seaweed

rocks
15 The birds ________ through the air.
fly

soar

swim

careen
16 What "scourges about the feet of the cliffs"?
Turkey

Tortoise shell

Fish

Birds
17 The _________ emit noises.
cliffs

fish

bell buoys

lighthouses
18 What happens to things that drop into the ocean?
They float

They sink

They undulate

They pulse
19 Those who twist and turn do so without volition or
expression

procession

consciousness

pulsation
20 Moore's attitude toward the sea is one of
fear

respect

enchantment

disdain
21 The sea is described as
greedy

alluring

placid

calm
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?
Trees

Men

Tortoises

Waves
23 Men are described as
silly

ignorant

cruel

vibrant
24 What structure is described?
A house

A steeple

A church

A lighthouse
25 This poem is most similar to
"The Fish"

"Poetry"

"The Steeple-Jack"

"Marriage"

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