The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
El Greco

Donatello

Dürer

Leonardo
2 What animal is stranded?
Manatee

Whale

Seal

Dolphin
3 How many animals are stranded?
5

6

8

7
4 How is the air described?
Lovely

Sweet

Fine

Fragrant
5 The water is described as
flowing

fragmented

formal

ragged
6 What are the waves compared to?
Mountain peaks

Sunbeams

Slats of a roof

Scales on a fish
7 What birds are mentioned?
Crows

Seagulls

Cormorants

Pelicans
8 What do the birds fly around?
The ships

The hills

The lighthouse

The beach
9 The birds' movement is:
like a pulsation

like a stillness

like a shudder

like a quiver
10 What color is the sea?
Green

Black

Blue

Purple
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?
Blue and gray

Purple

Red

Pink and yellow
12 How much does the lobster weigh?
10 lbs

25 lbs

20 lbs

30 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Fish nets

Fish

Clothes

Sails
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Drum and clarinet

Flute

Fife and drum

Piano
15 What does the storm disturb?
The houses

The trees

The stars

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

Chaos

Anger

Confusion
17 What is "favored by the fog"?
Fish

People

Stars

Flowers
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?
Daisy

Tulip

Lily

Petunia
20 The climate is not right for:
the jack-fruit

the banyan

the frangipani

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Cobras

Dogs

Newts

Cats
22 The newt is described as
reticent

ebullient

diffident

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

the steeple-jack

love

Durer
24 What is the college student's name?
Austin

Ambrose

Abbot

Arthur
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Boats

Seagulls

Lobsters

Whales

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