A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?
Men

Woman

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?
A grave

Life

Freedom

Despair
5 What things stand in a procession?
Men

Turkeys

Waves

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

A star

A turkey foot

Fish
7 How are the firs described?
Reserved

Ignorant

Cruel

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

Cruelty

Repression

Rapaciousness
9 The sea is a/an
destroyer

collector

procurer

divider
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?
Bones

Nets

Seaweed

Rocks
11 Men ________ the grave.
decimate

disdain

destroy

desecrate
12 The blades of oars are compared to
water spiders

fish scales

birds

waves
13 The waves have
grooves

wrinkles

curves

contours
14 The sea rustles in and out of the
seaweed

foam

rocks

cliff
15 The birds ________ through the air.
careen

soar

swim

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

Turkey

Birds

Fish
17 The _________ emit noises.
cliffs

fish

bell buoys

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

They sink

They float

They undulate
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

Trees

Men

Waves
23 Men are described as
vibrant

silly

cruel

ignorant
24 What structure is described?
A church

A house

A lighthouse

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

"The Fish"

"The Steeple-Jack"

"Poetry"

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