The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Leonardo

Donatello

Dürer

El Greco
2 What animal is stranded?
Seal

Dolphin

Whale

Manatee
3 How many animals are stranded?
5

6

8

7
4 How is the air described?
Sweet

Fine

Lovely

Fragrant
5 The water is described as
fragmented

formal

flowing

ragged
6 What are the waves compared to?
Sunbeams

Slats of a roof

Mountain peaks

Scales on a fish
7 What birds are mentioned?
Crows

Cormorants

Seagulls

Pelicans
8 What do the birds fly around?
The lighthouse

The hills

The beach

The ships
9 The birds' movement is:
like a stillness

like a shudder

like a pulsation

like a quiver
10 What color is the sea?
Purple

Black

Green

Blue
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?
Red

Pink and yellow

Purple

Blue and gray
12 How much does the lobster weigh?
10 lbs

30 lbs

25 lbs

20 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Sails

Fish nets

Fish

Clothes
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Drum and clarinet

Fife and drum

Flute

Piano
15 What does the storm disturb?
The animals

The houses

The trees

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

Confusion

Chaos

Death
17 What is "favored by the fog"?
Flowers

Fish

Stars

People
18 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?
Snapdrgaon

Foxglove

Salpigloss

Rose
19 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?
Lily

Tulip

Petunia

Daisy
20 The climate is not right for:
the banyan

the jack-fruit

the frangipani

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Newts

Dogs

Cobras

Cats
22 The newt is described as
ebullient

reticent

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?
Abbot

Arthur

Ambrose

Austin
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Boats

Seagulls

Whales

Lobsters

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