A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?
Women

Man

Men

Woman
2 Who has a right to the view?
Men

Women

Moore

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

To block others

To stand tall

To stand in the middle of a thing
4 What does the sea have to give?
Life

Despair

Freedom

A grave
5 What things stand in a procession?
Turkeys

Waves

Men

Firs
6 What is at the top of the firs?
A star

A wave

Fish

A turkey foot
7 How are the firs described?
Apathetic

Cruel

Reserved

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

Indifference

Rapaciousness

Cruelty
9 The sea is a/an
divider

procurer

collector

destroyer
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?
Seaweed

Bones

Rocks

Nets
11 Men ________ the grave.
decimate

destroy

disdain

desecrate
12 The blades of oars are compared to
water spiders

birds

fish scales

waves
13 The waves have
grooves

curves

wrinkles

contours
14 The sea rustles in and out of the
seaweed

rocks

foam

cliff
15 The birds ________ through the air.
soar

careen

swim

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

Fish

Birds

Turkey
17 The _________ emit noises.
cliffs

fish

lighthouses

bell buoys
18 What happens to things that drop into the ocean?
They pulse

They undulate

They sink

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

procession

expression

consciousness
20 Moore's attitude toward the sea is one of
respect

fear

disdain

enchantment
21 The sea is described as
placid

calm

greedy

alluring
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?
Tortoises

Men

Trees

Waves
23 Men are described as
vibrant

cruel

silly

ignorant
24 What structure is described?
A church

A house

A lighthouse

A steeple
25 This poem is most similar to
"The Steeple-Jack"

"Marriage"

"Poetry"

"The Fish"

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