The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?

El Greco

Dürer

Leonardo

Donatello
2 What animal is stranded?

Manatee

Seal

Dolphin

Whale
3 How many animals are stranded?

5

8

6

7
4 How is the air described?

Fragrant

Sweet

Lovely

Fine
5 The water is described as

flowing

fragmented

ragged

formal
6 What are the waves compared to?

Mountain peaks

Scales on a fish

Sunbeams

Slats of a roof
7 What birds are mentioned?

Seagulls

Cormorants

Pelicans

Crows
8 What do the birds fly around?

The ships

The beach

The lighthouse

The hills
9 The birds' movement is:

like a shudder

like a quiver

like a pulsation

like a stillness
10 What color is the sea?

Blue

Purple

Black

Green
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?

Blue and gray

Red

Pink and yellow

Purple
12 How much does the lobster weigh?

25 lbs

10 lbs

20 lbs

30 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?

Clothes

Sails

Fish

Fish nets
14 What instruments describe the storm?

Drum and clarinet

Flute

Piano

Fife and drum
15 What does the storm disturb?

The trees

The stars

The houses

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

Confusion

Anger

Chaos

Death
17 What is "favored by the fog"?

Fish

People

Stars

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

Lily

Tulip
20 The climate is not right for:

the jack-fruit

the frangipani

the banyan

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?

Cobras

Newts

Dogs

Cats
22 The newt is described as

ebullient

diffident

corpulent

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

Durer

the steeple-jack

ambition

love
24 What is the college student's name?

Ambrose

Austin

Abbot

Arthur
25 What does Ambrose watch?

Boats

Whales

Lobsters

Seagulls

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