A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?

Men

Woman

Man

Women
2 Who has a right to the view?

Moore

Men

Everyone

Women
3 What is "human nature"?

To stand tall

To look at the sea

To block others

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

A grave

Freedom

Despair

Life
5 What things stand in a procession?

Men

Waves

Firs

Turkeys
6 What is at the top of the firs?

A star

A turkey foot

A wave

Fish
7 How are the firs described?

Ignorant

Reserved

Apathetic

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

Cruelty

Repression

Rapaciousness

Indifference
9 The sea is a/an

destroyer

divider

procurer

collector
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?

Rocks

Bones

Seaweed

Nets
11 Men ________ the grave.

disdain

destroy

desecrate

decimate
12 The blades of oars are compared to

water spiders

waves

fish scales

birds
13 The waves have

wrinkles

contours

curves

grooves
14 The sea rustles in and out of the

cliff

rocks

foam

seaweed
15 The birds ________ through the air.

careen

fly

soar

swim
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

procession

pulsation

consciousness

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

fear

disdain

respect

enchantment
21 The sea is described as

calm

greedy

alluring

placid
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?

Tortoises

Men

Waves

Trees
23 Men are described as

cruel

vibrant

ignorant

silly
24 What structure is described?

A house

A church

A lighthouse

A steeple
25 This poem is most similar to

"The Steeple-Jack"

"The Fish"

"Poetry"

"Marriage"

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