The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Leonardo

Dürer

Donatello

El Greco
2 What animal is stranded?
Dolphin

Manatee

Whale

Seal
3 How many animals are stranded?
6

7

8

5
4 How is the air described?
Fine

Sweet

Lovely

Fragrant
5 The water is described as
formal

fragmented

ragged

flowing
6 What are the waves compared to?
Mountain peaks

Sunbeams

Slats of a roof

Scales on a fish
7 What birds are mentioned?
Seagulls

Crows

Cormorants

Pelicans
8 What do the birds fly around?
The ships

The hills

The beach

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

like a shudder

like a stillness

like a quiver
10 What color is the sea?
Black

Blue

Purple

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

Red

Purple

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

30 lbs

25 lbs

20 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Clothes

Sails

Fish

Fish nets
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Drum and clarinet

Flute

Fife and drum

Piano
15 What does the storm disturb?
The stars

The houses

The animals

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

Death

Confusion

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

People

Fish

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?
Tulip

Petunia

Daisy

Lily
20 The climate is not right for:
the banyan

the jack-fruit

the frangipani

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Newts

Cobras

Cats

Dogs
22 The newt is described as
reticent

ebullient

corpulent

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

the steeple-jack

ambition

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

Abbot

Arthur

Austin
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Lobsters

Whales

Boats

Seagulls

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