A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Last reviewed February 10, 2017

1 Who looks into the sea?

Man

Women

Woman

Men
2 Who has a right to the view?

Women

Moore

Men

Everyone
3 What is "human nature"?

To stand in the middle of a thing

To stand tall

To block others

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

A grave

Despair

Freedom

Life
5 What things stand in a procession?

Men

Firs

Turkeys

Waves
6 What is at the top of the firs?

Fish

A wave

A star

A turkey foot
7 How are the firs described?

Reserved

Apathetic

Cruel

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

Indifference

Cruelty

Rapaciousness

Repression
9 The sea is a/an

collector

procurer

destroyer

divider
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?

Nets

Seaweed

Rocks

Bones
11 Men ________ the grave.

destroy

decimate

disdain

desecrate
12 The blades of oars are compared to

waves

birds

fish scales

water spiders
13 The waves have

grooves

wrinkles

contours

curves
14 The sea rustles in and out of the

seaweed

foam

cliff

rocks
15 The birds ________ through the air.

swim

soar

fly

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

Fish

Tortoise shell

Turkey

Birds
17 The _________ emit noises.

fish

lighthouses

bell buoys

cliffs
18 What happens to things that drop into the ocean?

They undulate

They pulse

They sink

They float
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

enchantment

respect

fear

disdain
21 The sea is described as

calm

greedy

placid

alluring
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?

Waves

Tortoises

Trees

Men
23 Men are described as

ignorant

cruel

vibrant

silly
24 What structure is described?

A lighthouse

A house

A steeple

A church
25 This poem is most similar to

"The Fish"

"Marriage"

"Poetry"

"The Steeple-Jack"

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