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

Women

Men

Moore
3 What is "human nature"?
To block others

To look at the sea

To stand in the middle of a thing

To stand tall
4 What does the sea have to give?
Life

Despair

A grave

Freedom
5 What things stand in a procession?
Waves

Firs

Turkeys

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

Fish

A turkey foot

A wave
7 How are the firs described?
Apathetic

Ignorant

Cruel

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

Indifference

Repression

Rapaciousness
9 The sea is a/an
procurer

collector

divider

destroyer
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?
Rocks

Seaweed

Nets

Bones
11 Men ________ the grave.
disdain

decimate

desecrate

destroy
12 The blades of oars are compared to
water spiders

birds

fish scales

waves
13 The waves have
contours

wrinkles

curves

grooves
14 The sea rustles in and out of the
cliff

rocks

seaweed

foam
15 The birds ________ through the air.
careen

fly

swim

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

Fish

Birds

Tortoise shell
17 The _________ emit noises.
lighthouses

cliffs

bell buoys

fish
18 What happens to things that drop into the ocean?
They undulate

They float

They pulse

They sink
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
disdain

enchantment

respect

fear
21 The sea is described as
placid

calm

greedy

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

Trees

Men

Waves
23 Men are described as
ignorant

silly

vibrant

cruel
24 What structure is described?
A steeple

A house

A church

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

"Marriage"

"The Steeple-Jack"

"The Fish"

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