A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?
Man

Women

Men

Woman
2 Who has a right to the view?
Women

Moore

Men

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

To stand in the middle of a thing

To look at the sea

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

A grave

Despair

Life
5 What things stand in a procession?
Turkeys

Men

Waves

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

Fish

A turkey foot

A star
7 How are the firs described?
Reserved

Cruel

Apathetic

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

Rapaciousness

Cruelty

Repression
9 The sea is a/an
destroyer

divider

procurer

collector
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?
Seaweed

Bones

Rocks

Nets
11 Men ________ the grave.
destroy

disdain

desecrate

decimate
12 The blades of oars are compared to
birds

fish scales

waves

water spiders
13 The waves have
curves

grooves

wrinkles

contours
14 The sea rustles in and out of the
seaweed

cliff

foam

rocks
15 The birds ________ through the air.
swim

careen

soar

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

Birds

Tortoise shell

Turkey
17 The _________ emit noises.
cliffs

lighthouses

bell buoys

fish
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
consciousness

expression

procession

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

enchantment

respect

disdain
21 The sea is described as
placid

calm

alluring

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

Tortoises

Men

Waves
23 Men are described as
ignorant

vibrant

silly

cruel
24 What structure is described?
A church

A house

A steeple

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

"The Steeple-Jack"

"Marriage"

"The Fish"

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