A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?
Women

Man

Woman

Men
2 Who has a right to the view?
Women

Moore

Everyone

Men
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?
Freedom

Life

A grave

Despair
5 What things stand in a procession?
Waves

Men

Firs

Turkeys
6 What is at the top of the firs?
Fish

A star

A turkey foot

A wave
7 How are the firs described?
Ignorant

Apathetic

Cruel

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

Rapaciousness

Indifference

Cruelty
9 The sea is a/an
destroyer

divider

collector

procurer
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?
Bones

Seaweed

Nets

Rocks
11 Men ________ the grave.
decimate

desecrate

disdain

destroy
12 The blades of oars are compared to
waves

water spiders

fish scales

birds
13 The waves have
grooves

curves

wrinkles

contours
14 The sea rustles in and out of the
rocks

foam

seaweed

cliff
15 The birds ________ through the air.
careen

soar

swim

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

Fish

Tortoise shell

Turkey
17 The _________ emit noises.
fish

cliffs

lighthouses

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

They sink

They undulate

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

expression

consciousness

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

respect

disdain

fear
21 The sea is described as
placid

greedy

calm

alluring
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?
Men

Tortoises

Waves

Trees
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"

"Marriage"

"The Steeple-Jack"

"The Fish"

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