A Grave Quizzes

A Grave Quiz 1

1 Who looks into the sea?
Men

Woman

Man

Women
2 Who has a right to the view?
Men

Moore

Women

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

To look at the sea

To stand tall

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

A grave

Freedom

Despair
5 What things stand in a procession?
Firs

Turkeys

Men

Waves
6 What is at the top of the firs?
A star

Fish

A wave

A turkey foot
7 How are the firs described?
Apathetic

Cruel

Reserved

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

Nets

Bones

Rocks
11 Men ________ the grave.
decimate

desecrate

destroy

disdain
12 The blades of oars are compared to
waves

fish scales

water spiders

birds
13 The waves have
grooves

wrinkles

curves

contours
14 The sea rustles in and out of the
foam

rocks

cliff

seaweed
15 The birds ________ through the air.
soar

fly

swim

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

Turkey

Tortoise shell

Fish
17 The _________ emit noises.
fish

cliffs

lighthouses

bell buoys
18 What happens to things that drop into the ocean?
They pulse

They float

They undulate

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

consciousness

pulsation

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

fear

disdain

enchantment
21 The sea is described as
greedy

alluring

placid

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

Trees

Tortoises

Waves
23 Men are described as
silly

ignorant

vibrant

cruel
24 What structure is described?
A lighthouse

A house

A steeple

A church
25 This poem is most similar to
"Marriage"

"The Steeple-Jack"

"The Fish"

"Poetry"

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