A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Last reviewed February 10, 2017

1 Who looks into the sea?

Man

Men

Women

Woman
2 Who has a right to the view?

Men

Moore

Everyone

Women
3 What is "human nature"?

To look at the sea

To block others

To stand in the middle of a thing

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

A grave

Life

Freedom

Despair
5 What things stand in a procession?

Turkeys

Firs

Waves

Men
6 What is at the top of the firs?

A wave

A turkey foot

A star

Fish
7 How are the firs described?

Cruel

Ignorant

Reserved

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

Cruelty

Rapaciousness

Indifference

Repression
9 The sea is a/an

divider

collector

procurer

destroyer
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?

Bones

Seaweed

Nets

Rocks
11 Men ________ the grave.

desecrate

disdain

destroy

decimate
12 The blades of oars are compared to

birds

water spiders

waves

fish scales
13 The waves have

wrinkles

grooves

contours

curves
14 The sea rustles in and out of the

rocks

seaweed

cliff

foam
15 The birds ________ through the air.

careen

swim

soar

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

Fish

Tortoise shell

Birds

Turkey
17 The _________ emit noises.

fish

lighthouses

bell buoys

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

They sink

They float

They pulse

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

consciousness

procession

expression

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

respect

enchantment

disdain

fear
21 The sea is described as

greedy

alluring

calm

placid
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?

Tortoises

Waves

Trees

Men
23 Men are described as

silly

cruel

vibrant

ignorant
24 What structure is described?

A church

A steeple

A house

A lighthouse
25 This poem is most similar to

"The Fish"

"Marriage"

"Poetry"

"The Steeple-Jack"

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