A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?
Woman

Man

Women

Men
2 Who has a right to the view?
Everyone

Moore

Women

Men
3 What is "human nature"?
To stand tall

To look at the sea

To stand in the middle of a thing

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

Freedom

Life

A grave
5 What things stand in a procession?
Firs

Waves

Men

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

Fish

A star

A turkey foot
7 How are the firs described?
Cruel

Apathetic

Reserved

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

Cruelty

Indifference

Rapaciousness
9 The sea is a/an
divider

collector

procurer

destroyer
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?
Rocks

Bones

Seaweed

Nets
11 Men ________ the grave.
decimate

desecrate

destroy

disdain
12 The blades of oars are compared to
birds

waves

fish scales

water spiders
13 The waves have
wrinkles

contours

curves

grooves
14 The sea rustles in and out of the
rocks

foam

cliff

seaweed
15 The birds ________ through the air.
soar

swim

careen

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

Turkey

Birds

Tortoise shell
17 The _________ emit noises.
fish

cliffs

lighthouses

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

They sink

They pulse

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

expression

pulsation

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

fear

disdain

enchantment
21 The sea is described as
placid

alluring

greedy

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

Men

Trees

Tortoises
23 Men are described as
silly

vibrant

cruel

ignorant
24 What structure is described?
A house

A church

A steeple

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

"Poetry"

"The Fish"

"The Steeple-Jack"

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