A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?

Men

Women

Man

Woman
2 Who has a right to the view?

Men

Moore

Everyone

Women
3 What is "human nature"?

To look at the sea

To block others

To stand in the middle of a thing

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

Despair

A grave

Freedom

Life
5 What things stand in a procession?

Waves

Men

Turkeys

Firs
6 What is at the top of the firs?

A wave

A star

Fish

A turkey foot
7 How are the firs described?

Reserved

Apathetic

Ignorant

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

Rapaciousness

Repression

Cruelty

Indifference
9 The sea is a/an

procurer

destroyer

divider

collector
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?

Seaweed

Bones

Rocks

Nets
11 Men ________ the grave.

desecrate

disdain

decimate

destroy
12 The blades of oars are compared to

water spiders

waves

birds

fish scales
13 The waves have

contours

wrinkles

grooves

curves
14 The sea rustles in and out of the

rocks

cliff

foam

seaweed
15 The birds ________ through the air.

swim

soar

careen

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

Fish

Tortoise shell

Birds

Turkey
17 The _________ emit noises.

fish

bell buoys

cliffs

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

They undulate

They pulse

They sink

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

consciousness

pulsation

procession

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

fear

disdain

respect

enchantment
21 The sea is described as

alluring

calm

greedy

placid
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?

Tortoises

Trees

Waves

Men
23 Men are described as

silly

ignorant

cruel

vibrant
24 What structure is described?

A steeple

A church

A lighthouse

A house
25 This poem is most similar to

"Poetry"

"The Steeple-Jack"

"The Fish"

"Marriage"

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