A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?

Man

Women

Woman

Men
2 Who has a right to the view?

Women

Everyone

Men

Moore
3 What is "human nature"?

To stand in the middle of a thing

To look at the sea

To stand tall

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

Life

Despair

Freedom

A grave
5 What things stand in a procession?

Waves

Men

Firs

Turkeys
6 What is at the top of the firs?

Fish

A turkey foot

A star

A wave
7 How are the firs described?

Apathetic

Ignorant

Reserved

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

Cruelty

Indifference

Repression

Rapaciousness
9 The sea is a/an

collector

destroyer

divider

procurer
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?

Nets

Seaweed

Bones

Rocks
11 Men ________ the grave.

disdain

desecrate

decimate

destroy
12 The blades of oars are compared to

birds

fish scales

water spiders

waves
13 The waves have

curves

grooves

contours

wrinkles
14 The sea rustles in and out of the

foam

seaweed

cliff

rocks
15 The birds ________ through the air.

fly

careen

swim

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

Tortoise shell

Fish

Turkey

Birds
17 The _________ emit noises.

lighthouses

cliffs

bell buoys

fish
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

consciousness

procession

pulsation

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

respect

disdain

fear

enchantment
21 The sea is described as

alluring

greedy

calm

placid
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?

Men

Tortoises

Trees

Waves
23 Men are described as

cruel

ignorant

vibrant

silly
24 What structure is described?

A lighthouse

A steeple

A house

A church
25 This poem is most similar to

"Poetry"

"Marriage"

"The Fish"

"The Steeple-Jack"

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