A Grave Quizzes

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A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?

Men

Woman

Man

Women
2 Who has a right to the view?

Men

Moore

Women

Everyone
3 What is "human nature"?

To stand in the middle of a thing

To block others

To look at the sea

To stand tall
4 What does the sea have to give?

Freedom

Despair

Life

A grave
5 What things stand in a procession?

Turkeys

Firs

Men

Waves
6 What is at the top of the firs?

A turkey foot

Fish

A wave

A star
7 How are the firs described?

Ignorant

Reserved

Cruel

Apathetic
8 What is not an obvious characteristic of the sea?

Rapaciousness

Indifference

Cruelty

Repression
9 The sea is a/an

collector

divider

procurer

destroyer
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?

Nets

Bones

Seaweed

Rocks
11 Men ________ the grave.

desecrate

decimate

destroy

disdain
12 The blades of oars are compared to

waves

fish scales

water spiders

birds
13 The waves have

grooves

wrinkles

contours

curves
14 The sea rustles in and out of the

seaweed

cliff

foam

rocks
15 The birds ________ through the air.

swim

soar

careen

fly
16 What "scourges about the feet of the cliffs"?

Turkey

Tortoise shell

Birds

Fish
17 The _________ emit noises.

fish

bell buoys

lighthouses

cliffs
18 What happens to things that drop into the ocean?

They sink

They float

They undulate

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

pulsation

procession

consciousness

expression
20 Moore's attitude toward the sea is one of

fear

disdain

respect

enchantment
21 The sea is described as

placid

alluring

greedy

calm
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?

Men

Tortoises

Trees

Waves
23 Men are described as

ignorant

silly

cruel

vibrant
24 What structure is described?

A church

A lighthouse

A house

A steeple
25 This poem is most similar to

"Poetry"

"The Fish"

"The Steeple-Jack"

"Marriage"

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