A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

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

1 Who looks into the sea?

Women

Woman

Men

Man
2 Who has a right to the view?

Men

Everyone

Moore

Women
3 What is "human nature"?

To stand tall

To look at the sea

To stand in the middle of a thing

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

Freedom

A grave

Life

Despair
5 What things stand in a procession?

Turkeys

Firs

Waves

Men
6 What is at the top of the firs?

A turkey foot

A star

Fish

A wave
7 How are the firs described?

Reserved

Apathetic

Ignorant

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

Repression

Cruelty

Indifference

Rapaciousness
9 The sea is a/an

destroyer

divider

collector

procurer
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?

Nets

Rocks

Seaweed

Bones
11 Men ________ the grave.

destroy

desecrate

disdain

decimate
12 The blades of oars are compared to

waves

fish scales

birds

water spiders
13 The waves have

wrinkles

grooves

curves

contours
14 The sea rustles in and out of the

seaweed

foam

cliff

rocks
15 The birds ________ through the air.

fly

soar

careen

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

Birds

Tortoise shell

Turkey

Fish
17 The _________ emit noises.

lighthouses

cliffs

fish

bell buoys
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

disdain

respect

fear

enchantment
21 The sea is described as

alluring

calm

greedy

placid
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?

Tortoises

Trees

Men

Waves
23 Men are described as

ignorant

silly

vibrant

cruel
24 What structure is described?

A house

A lighthouse

A steeple

A church
25 This poem is most similar to

"The Steeple-Jack"

"Poetry"

"Marriage"

"The Fish"

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