The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
El Greco

Donatello

Leonardo

Dürer
2 What animal is stranded?
Seal

Dolphin

Manatee

Whale
3 How many animals are stranded?
7

5

6

8
4 How is the air described?
Fine

Sweet

Fragrant

Lovely
5 The water is described as
fragmented

ragged

formal

flowing
6 What are the waves compared to?
Sunbeams

Mountain peaks

Slats of a roof

Scales on a fish
7 What birds are mentioned?
Crows

Cormorants

Pelicans

Seagulls
8 What do the birds fly around?
The beach

The ships

The hills

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

like a stillness

like a pulsation

like a quiver
10 What color is the sea?
Black

Blue

Purple

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

Red

Blue and gray

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

20 lbs

30 lbs

10 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Fish nets

Fish

Sails

Clothes
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Piano

Flute

Fife and drum

Drum and clarinet
15 What does the storm disturb?
The stars

The trees

The animals

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

Chaos

Death

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

Fish

Stars

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

Snapdrgaon

Foxglove

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

Petunia

Lily

Daisy
20 The climate is not right for:
the frangipani

the banyan

the jack-fruit

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Dogs

Cobras

Newts

Cats
22 The newt is described as
ebullient

corpulent

reticent

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

the steeple-jack

love

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

Austin

Abbot

Arthur
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Lobsters

Boats

Whales

Seagulls

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