A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?

Women

Men

Man

Woman
2 Who has a right to the view?

Men

Moore

Everyone

Women
3 What is "human nature"?

To block others

To stand in the middle of a thing

To stand tall

To look at the sea
4 What does the sea have to give?

Freedom

Despair

Life

A grave
5 What things stand in a procession?

Waves

Men

Firs

Turkeys
6 What is at the top of the firs?

A star

A wave

Fish

A turkey foot
7 How are the firs described?

Apathetic

Cruel

Ignorant

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

Rapaciousness

Indifference

Cruelty

Repression
9 The sea is a/an

collector

procurer

divider

destroyer
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?

Seaweed

Bones

Rocks

Nets
11 Men ________ the grave.

decimate

destroy

desecrate

disdain
12 The blades of oars are compared to

waves

water spiders

fish scales

birds
13 The waves have

grooves

contours

wrinkles

curves
14 The sea rustles in and out of the

rocks

cliff

foam

seaweed
15 The birds ________ through the air.

swim

soar

careen

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

Birds

Tortoise shell

Fish

Turkey
17 The _________ emit noises.

cliffs

lighthouses

fish

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

They sink

They pulse

They float

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

pulsation

procession

consciousness

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

respect

disdain

enchantment

fear
21 The sea is described as

placid

greedy

alluring

calm
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?

Men

Tortoises

Trees

Waves
23 Men are described as

cruel

silly

vibrant

ignorant
24 What structure is described?

A steeple

A lighthouse

A house

A church
25 This poem is most similar to

"Poetry"

"The Fish"

"Marriage"

"The Steeple-Jack"

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