A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?
Woman

Man

Men

Women
2 Who has a right to the view?
Moore

Everyone

Men

Women
3 What is "human nature"?
To look at the sea

To block others

To stand tall

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

A grave

Freedom

Life
5 What things stand in a procession?
Firs

Men

Waves

Turkeys
6 What is at the top of the firs?
A star

A turkey foot

Fish

A wave
7 How are the firs described?
Apathetic

Cruel

Ignorant

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

Indifference

Repression

Cruelty
9 The sea is a/an
procurer

destroyer

divider

collector
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?
Nets

Rocks

Seaweed

Bones
11 Men ________ the grave.
disdain

desecrate

destroy

decimate
12 The blades of oars are compared to
birds

water spiders

waves

fish scales
13 The waves have
contours

curves

wrinkles

grooves
14 The sea rustles in and out of the
cliff

seaweed

rocks

foam
15 The birds ________ through the air.
soar

careen

swim

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

Fish

Tortoise shell

Birds
17 The _________ emit noises.
bell buoys

lighthouses

fish

cliffs
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

consciousness

procession

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

disdain

respect

enchantment
21 The sea is described as
calm

greedy

alluring

placid
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?
Tortoises

Men

Waves

Trees
23 Men are described as
silly

cruel

vibrant

ignorant
24 What structure is described?
A house

A church

A steeple

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

"The Fish"

"Poetry"

"The Steeple-Jack"

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