A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?
Men

Women

Woman

Man
2 Who has a right to the view?
Women

Men

Moore

Everyone
3 What is "human nature"?
To look at the sea

To stand in the middle of a thing

To stand tall

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

Despair

Freedom

A grave
5 What things stand in a procession?
Firs

Waves

Turkeys

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

A turkey foot

A star

Fish
7 How are the firs described?
Reserved

Cruel

Apathetic

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

Cruelty

Indifference

Repression
9 The sea is a/an
divider

collector

destroyer

procurer
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?
Nets

Seaweed

Rocks

Bones
11 Men ________ the grave.
destroy

desecrate

decimate

disdain
12 The blades of oars are compared to
birds

water spiders

waves

fish scales
13 The waves have
wrinkles

contours

grooves

curves
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"?
Turkey

Birds

Tortoise shell

Fish
17 The _________ emit noises.
lighthouses

cliffs

fish

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

They undulate

They float

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

consciousness

expression

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

disdain

respect

fear
21 The sea is described as
alluring

placid

greedy

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

Waves

Tortoises

Men
23 Men are described as
ignorant

vibrant

silly

cruel
24 What structure is described?
A house

A steeple

A lighthouse

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

"The Steeple-Jack"

"Poetry"

"The Fish"

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