A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?
Men

Man

Woman

Women
2 Who has a right to the view?
Everyone

Men

Moore

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

To stand in the middle of a thing

To block others

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

Freedom

Despair

A grave
5 What things stand in a procession?
Men

Turkeys

Waves

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

A turkey foot

A star

Fish
7 How are the firs described?
Reserved

Apathetic

Cruel

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

Rapaciousness

Repression

Cruelty
9 The sea is a/an
procurer

destroyer

collector

divider
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?
Seaweed

Nets

Rocks

Bones
11 Men ________ the grave.
decimate

destroy

disdain

desecrate
12 The blades of oars are compared to
fish scales

birds

water spiders

waves
13 The waves have
grooves

contours

curves

wrinkles
14 The sea rustles in and out of the
cliff

rocks

seaweed

foam
15 The birds ________ through the air.
fly

soar

careen

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

Turkey

Birds

Fish
17 The _________ emit noises.
cliffs

fish

lighthouses

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

They float

They undulate

They sink
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
respect

fear

disdain

enchantment
21 The sea is described as
placid

alluring

greedy

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

Tortoises

Men

Waves
23 Men are described as
silly

vibrant

cruel

ignorant
24 What structure is described?
A lighthouse

A house

A steeple

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

"Poetry"

"Marriage"

"The Fish"

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