The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?

Leonardo

Dürer

El Greco

Donatello
2 What animal is stranded?

Dolphin

Whale

Manatee

Seal
3 How many animals are stranded?

5

6

8

7
4 How is the air described?

Lovely

Fine

Fragrant

Sweet
5 The water is described as

flowing

formal

ragged

fragmented
6 What are the waves compared to?

Scales on a fish

Sunbeams

Mountain peaks

Slats of a roof
7 What birds are mentioned?

Pelicans

Seagulls

Cormorants

Crows
8 What do the birds fly around?

The lighthouse

The hills

The beach

The ships
9 The birds' movement is:

like a quiver

like a stillness

like a pulsation

like a shudder
10 What color is the sea?

Blue

Black

Purple

Green
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?

Blue and gray

Pink and yellow

Red

Purple
12 How much does the lobster weigh?

25 lbs

30 lbs

20 lbs

10 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?

Clothes

Fish

Sails

Fish nets
14 What instruments describe the storm?

Piano

Flute

Fife and drum

Drum and clarinet
15 What does the storm disturb?

The trees

The animals

The stars

The houses
16 What does the poet say it is a privilege to see?

Chaos

Anger

Confusion

Death
17 What is "favored by the fog"?

Stars

People

Flowers

Fish
18 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?

Snapdrgaon

Rose

Foxglove

Salpigloss
19 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?

Petunia

Daisy

Tulip

Lily
20 The climate is not right for:

the banyan

the frangipani

the jack-fruit

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?

Cobras

Newts

Cats

Dogs
22 The newt is described as

diffident

corpulent

ebullient

reticent
23 "There is nothing that ______ can buy or take away"

love

the steeple-jack

ambition

Durer
24 What is the college student's name?

Arthur

Austin

Ambrose

Abbot
25 What does Ambrose watch?

Lobsters

Whales

Boats

Seagulls

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