A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?

Woman

Men

Women

Man
2 Who has a right to the view?

Women

Moore

Everyone

Men
3 What is "human nature"?

To look at the sea

To stand tall

To block others

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

Life

Despair

A grave

Freedom
5 What things stand in a procession?

Waves

Men

Turkeys

Firs
6 What is at the top of the firs?

Fish

A turkey foot

A wave

A star
7 How are the firs described?

Reserved

Ignorant

Cruel

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

Indifference

Rapaciousness

Cruelty

Repression
9 The sea is a/an

procurer

divider

collector

destroyer
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?

Seaweed

Bones

Nets

Rocks
11 Men ________ the grave.

disdain

desecrate

decimate

destroy
12 The blades of oars are compared to

waves

fish scales

birds

water spiders
13 The waves have

curves

wrinkles

grooves

contours
14 The sea rustles in and out of the

seaweed

foam

rocks

cliff
15 The birds ________ through the air.

careen

fly

swim

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

Turkey

Tortoise shell

Birds

Fish
17 The _________ emit noises.

lighthouses

fish

bell buoys

cliffs
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

consciousness

pulsation

procession

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

fear

enchantment

respect

disdain
21 The sea is described as

placid

greedy

calm

alluring
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?

Tortoises

Trees

Men

Waves
23 Men are described as

cruel

ignorant

silly

vibrant
24 What structure is described?

A lighthouse

A steeple

A church

A house
25 This poem is most similar to

"The Fish"

"Poetry"

"The Steeple-Jack"

"Marriage"

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