A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?
Woman

Man

Women

Men
2 Who has a right to the view?
Men

Everyone

Moore

Women
3 What is "human nature"?
To stand in the middle of a thing

To stand tall

To block others

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

Life

Freedom

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 star

Fish

A wave
7 How are the firs described?
Cruel

Ignorant

Apathetic

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

Cruelty

Repression

Indifference
9 The sea is a/an
procurer

divider

destroyer

collector
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?
Bones

Seaweed

Rocks

Nets
11 Men ________ the grave.
destroy

desecrate

disdain

decimate
12 The blades of oars are compared to
birds

water spiders

fish scales

waves
13 The waves have
contours

curves

wrinkles

grooves
14 The sea rustles in and out of the
foam

seaweed

rocks

cliff
15 The birds ________ through the air.
careen

soar

swim

fly
16 What "scourges about the feet of the cliffs"?
Turkey

Birds

Fish

Tortoise shell
17 The _________ emit noises.
bell buoys

lighthouses

fish

cliffs
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
expression

consciousness

pulsation

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

fear

disdain

respect
21 The sea is described as
calm

placid

alluring

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

Tortoises

Waves

Men
23 Men are described as
ignorant

cruel

vibrant

silly
24 What structure is described?
A steeple

A house

A lighthouse

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

"Marriage"

"Poetry"

"The Fish"

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