A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?

Man

Men

Women

Woman
2 Who has a right to the view?

Everyone

Moore

Men

Women
3 What is "human nature"?

To block others

To stand tall

To look at the sea

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

A grave

Despair

Life

Freedom
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?

Cruel

Ignorant

Apathetic

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

Repression

Indifference

Cruelty

Rapaciousness
9 The sea is a/an

divider

procurer

destroyer

collector
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?

Bones

Rocks

Seaweed

Nets
11 Men ________ the grave.

decimate

destroy

disdain

desecrate
12 The blades of oars are compared to

waves

water spiders

birds

fish scales
13 The waves have

contours

curves

grooves

wrinkles
14 The sea rustles in and out of the

rocks

seaweed

cliff

foam
15 The birds ________ through the air.

careen

swim

soar

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

Tortoise shell

Fish

Birds

Turkey
17 The _________ emit noises.

fish

bell buoys

cliffs

lighthouses
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

consciousness

procession

expression

pulsation
20 Moore's attitude toward the sea is one of

enchantment

respect

disdain

fear
21 The sea is described as

alluring

greedy

placid

calm
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?

Men

Trees

Tortoises

Waves
23 Men are described as

cruel

vibrant

ignorant

silly
24 What structure is described?

A church

A house

A steeple

A lighthouse
25 This poem is most similar to

"Poetry"

"The Steeple-Jack"

"The Fish"

"Marriage"

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