A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?
Woman

Men

Man

Women
2 Who has a right to the view?
Everyone

Moore

Women

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

To stand tall

To look at the sea

To block others
4 What does the sea have to give?
Freedom

Life

Despair

A grave
5 What things stand in a procession?
Turkeys

Waves

Men

Firs
6 What is at the top of the firs?
A wave

A star

Fish

A turkey foot
7 How are the firs described?
Cruel

Reserved

Apathetic

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

Rapaciousness

Indifference

Cruelty
9 The sea is a/an
destroyer

procurer

divider

collector
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?
Nets

Seaweed

Rocks

Bones
11 Men ________ the grave.
desecrate

decimate

disdain

destroy
12 The blades of oars are compared to
water spiders

birds

waves

fish scales
13 The waves have
wrinkles

contours

grooves

curves
14 The sea rustles in and out of the
cliff

seaweed

rocks

foam
15 The birds ________ through the air.
fly

swim

soar

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

Birds

Fish

Tortoise shell
17 The _________ emit noises.
fish

bell buoys

cliffs

lighthouses
18 What happens to things that drop into the ocean?
They sink

They undulate

They pulse

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

expression

pulsation

consciousness
20 Moore's attitude toward the sea is one of
fear

enchantment

disdain

respect
21 The sea is described as
calm

placid

greedy

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

Tortoises

Trees

Men
23 Men are described as
vibrant

cruel

ignorant

silly
24 What structure is described?
A lighthouse

A church

A steeple

A house
25 This poem is most similar to
"Marriage"

"The Fish"

"The Steeple-Jack"

"Poetry"

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