A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?
Women

Woman

Men

Man
2 Who has a right to the view?
Everyone

Men

Women

Moore
3 What is "human nature"?
To stand in the middle of a thing

To stand tall

To look at the sea

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

Despair

Life

Freedom
5 What things stand in a procession?
Firs

Men

Waves

Turkeys
6 What is at the top of the firs?
A turkey foot

A star

A wave

Fish
7 How are the firs described?
Ignorant

Cruel

Apathetic

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

Rapaciousness

Repression

Cruelty
9 The sea is a/an
destroyer

collector

procurer

divider
10 What do the fish no longer investigate?
Bones

Seaweed

Nets

Rocks
11 Men ________ the grave.
desecrate

decimate

destroy

disdain
12 The blades of oars are compared to
water spiders

birds

fish scales

waves
13 The waves have
grooves

contours

curves

wrinkles
14 The sea rustles in and out of the
seaweed

rocks

foam

cliff
15 The birds ________ through the air.
fly

careen

swim

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

Fish

Tortoise shell

Birds
17 The _________ emit noises.
lighthouses

bell buoys

fish

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

They pulse

They float

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

pulsation

consciousness

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

fear

respect

enchantment
21 The sea is described as
placid

greedy

alluring

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

Trees

Tortoises

Waves
23 Men are described as
cruel

ignorant

silly

vibrant
24 What structure is described?
A lighthouse

A church

A steeple

A house
25 This poem is most similar to
"The Fish"

"Marriage"

"The Steeple-Jack"

"Poetry"

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