A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?
Men

Women

Woman

Man
2 Who has a right to the view?
Men

Women

Moore

Everyone
3 What is "human nature"?
To stand tall

To stand in the middle of a thing

To block others

To look at the sea
4 What does the sea have to give?
Life

Freedom

Despair

A grave
5 What things stand in a procession?
Waves

Turkeys

Men

Firs
6 What is at the top of the firs?
A turkey foot

A wave

A star

Fish
7 How are the firs described?
Apathetic

Cruel

Reserved

Ignorant
8 What is not an obvious characteristic of the sea?
Rapaciousness

Indifference

Repression

Cruelty
9 The sea is a/an
divider

destroyer

procurer

collector
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?
Rocks

Nets

Seaweed

Bones
11 Men ________ the grave.
destroy

desecrate

disdain

decimate
12 The blades of oars are compared to
waves

fish scales

water spiders

birds
13 The waves have
wrinkles

contours

grooves

curves
14 The sea rustles in and out of the
seaweed

rocks

foam

cliff
15 The birds ________ through the air.
fly

soar

careen

swim
16 What "scourges about the feet of the cliffs"?
Tortoise shell

Fish

Birds

Turkey
17 The _________ emit noises.
fish

lighthouses

bell buoys

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

They pulse

They undulate

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

expression

pulsation

procession
20 Moore's attitude toward the sea is one of
disdain

enchantment

respect

fear
21 The sea is described as
alluring

calm

placid

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

Men

Tortoises

Waves
23 Men are described as
ignorant

vibrant

silly

cruel
24 What structure is described?
A house

A church

A steeple

A lighthouse
25 This poem is most similar to
"Poetry"

"The Fish"

"The Steeple-Jack"

"Marriage"

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