A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?

Woman

Man

Women

Men
2 Who has a right to the view?

Women

Everyone

Moore

Men
3 What is "human nature"?

To look at the sea

To stand in the middle of a thing

To block others

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

Freedom

A grave

Life

Despair
5 What things stand in a procession?

Waves

Men

Turkeys

Firs
6 What is at the top of the firs?

A turkey foot

A wave

A star

Fish
7 How are the firs described?

Apathetic

Reserved

Ignorant

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

Indifference

Rapaciousness

Repression

Cruelty
9 The sea is a/an

destroyer

procurer

collector

divider
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?

Rocks

Nets

Bones

Seaweed
11 Men ________ the grave.

destroy

decimate

disdain

desecrate
12 The blades of oars are compared to

waves

water spiders

fish scales

birds
13 The waves have

wrinkles

contours

curves

grooves
14 The sea rustles in and out of the

foam

seaweed

cliff

rocks
15 The birds ________ through the air.

swim

soar

fly

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

Tortoise shell

Fish

Birds

Turkey
17 The _________ emit noises.

bell buoys

fish

lighthouses

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

They float

They undulate

They pulse

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

consciousness

pulsation

expression

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

respect

fear

disdain

enchantment
21 The sea is described as

alluring

greedy

placid

calm
22 Who/what is Moore most critical of?

Men

Trees

Waves

Tortoises
23 Men are described as

cruel

silly

ignorant

vibrant
24 What structure is described?

A church

A lighthouse

A house

A steeple
25 This poem is most similar to

"Poetry"

"Marriage"

"The Steeple-Jack"

"The Fish"

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