A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?

Women

Woman

Men

Man
2 Who has a right to the view?

Men

Moore

Women

Everyone
3 What is "human nature"?

To block others

To look at the sea

To stand tall

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

Despair

Freedom

A grave

Life
5 What things stand in a procession?

Firs

Waves

Turkeys

Men
6 What is at the top of the firs?

A turkey foot

A star

Fish

A wave
7 How are the firs described?

Apathetic

Reserved

Cruel

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

Indifference

Repression

Rapaciousness

Cruelty
9 The sea is a/an

procurer

divider

collector

destroyer
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?

Bones

Nets

Rocks

Seaweed
11 Men ________ the grave.

disdain

desecrate

decimate

destroy
12 The blades of oars are compared to

waves

birds

water spiders

fish scales
13 The waves have

curves

grooves

contours

wrinkles
14 The sea rustles in and out of the

foam

seaweed

cliff

rocks
15 The birds ________ through the air.

soar

careen

fly

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

Birds

Turkey

Tortoise shell

Fish
17 The _________ emit noises.

lighthouses

bell buoys

fish

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

They float

They undulate

They pulse

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

pulsation

procession

consciousness

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

enchantment

fear

respect

disdain
21 The sea is described as

alluring

greedy

placid

calm
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?

Trees

Tortoises

Waves

Men
23 Men are described as

ignorant

vibrant

cruel

silly
24 What structure is described?

A steeple

A lighthouse

A house

A church
25 This poem is most similar to

"Poetry"

"The Fish"

"The Steeple-Jack"

"Marriage"

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