The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Dürer

El Greco

Leonardo

Donatello
2 What animal is stranded?
Whale

Manatee

Dolphin

Seal
3 How many animals are stranded?
5

7

8

6
4 How is the air described?
Lovely

Sweet

Fine

Fragrant
5 The water is described as
formal

flowing

fragmented

ragged
6 What are the waves compared to?
Sunbeams

Scales on a fish

Slats of a roof

Mountain peaks
7 What birds are mentioned?
Cormorants

Seagulls

Crows

Pelicans
8 What do the birds fly around?
The lighthouse

The beach

The ships

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

like a shudder

like a stillness

like a quiver
10 What color is the sea?
Green

Purple

Blue

Black
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?
Pink and yellow

Red

Purple

Blue and gray
12 How much does the lobster weigh?
20 lbs

10 lbs

30 lbs

25 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Clothes

Fish nets

Fish

Sails
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Piano

Drum and clarinet

Fife and drum

Flute
15 What does the storm disturb?
The trees

The houses

The animals

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

Death

Anger

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

Flowers

Stars

Fish
18 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?
Snapdrgaon

Rose

Foxglove

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

Tulip

Daisy

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

the banyan

the frangipani

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Cobras

Cats

Dogs

Newts
22 The newt is described as
diffident

ebullient

corpulent

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

ambition

love

the steeple-jack
24 What is the college student's name?
Austin

Arthur

Abbot

Ambrose
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Seagulls

Lobsters

Whales

Boats

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