The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Donatello

Leonardo

El Greco

Dürer
2 What animal is stranded?
Whale

Manatee

Dolphin

Seal
3 How many animals are stranded?
5

6

8

7
4 How is the air described?
Fine

Fragrant

Sweet

Lovely
5 The water is described as
formal

fragmented

flowing

ragged
6 What are the waves compared to?
Mountain peaks

Sunbeams

Scales on a fish

Slats of a roof
7 What birds are mentioned?
Pelicans

Crows

Cormorants

Seagulls
8 What do the birds fly around?
The ships

The hills

The beach

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

like a quiver

like a pulsation

like a shudder
10 What color is the sea?
Green

Black

Purple

Blue
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

20 lbs

30 lbs

25 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Sails

Fish nets

Clothes

Fish
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Fife and drum

Flute

Drum and clarinet

Piano
15 What does the storm disturb?
The animals

The trees

The houses

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

Confusion

Death

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

Stars

Fish

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

Snapdrgaon

Rose

Foxglove
19 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?
Tulip

Daisy

Petunia

Lily
20 The climate is not right for:
the banyan

the frangipani

the jack-fruit

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Newts

Cobras

Dogs

Cats
22 The newt is described as
corpulent

reticent

ebullient

diffident
23 "There is nothing that ______ can buy or take away"
the steeple-jack

Durer

ambition

love
24 What is the college student's name?
Arthur

Abbot

Austin

Ambrose
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Lobsters

Boats

Seagulls

Whales

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