The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Donatello

Dürer

El Greco

Leonardo
2 What animal is stranded?
Seal

Whale

Dolphin

Manatee
3 How many animals are stranded?
6

7

5

8
4 How is the air described?
Fine

Lovely

Sweet

Fragrant
5 The water is described as
ragged

fragmented

formal

flowing
6 What are the waves compared to?
Scales on a fish

Mountain peaks

Slats of a roof

Sunbeams
7 What birds are mentioned?
Pelicans

Crows

Seagulls

Cormorants
8 What do the birds fly around?
The lighthouse

The hills

The beach

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

like a pulsation

like a quiver

like a stillness
10 What color is the sea?
Black

Purple

Blue

Green
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?
Purple

Pink and yellow

Blue and gray

Red
12 How much does the lobster weigh?
10 lbs

25 lbs

30 lbs

20 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Clothes

Fish nets

Sails

Fish
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Piano

Drum and clarinet

Fife and drum

Flute
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?
Anger

Confusion

Death

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

Fish

People

Flowers
18 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?
Foxglove

Salpigloss

Rose

Snapdrgaon
19 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?
Petunia

Daisy

Tulip

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

the banyan

the frangipani

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Cats

Dogs

Newts

Cobras
22 The newt is described as
corpulent

ebullient

diffident

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

ambition

the steeple-jack

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

Austin

Arthur

Abbot
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Seagulls

Whales

Lobsters

Boats

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