The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?

Leonardo

Donatello

Dürer

El Greco
2 What animal is stranded?

Whale

Manatee

Seal

Dolphin
3 How many animals are stranded?

8

6

5

7
4 How is the air described?

Fine

Fragrant

Lovely

Sweet
5 The water is described as

flowing

ragged

fragmented

formal
6 What are the waves compared to?

Slats of a roof

Scales on a fish

Mountain peaks

Sunbeams
7 What birds are mentioned?

Cormorants

Pelicans

Seagulls

Crows
8 What do the birds fly around?

The lighthouse

The ships

The hills

The beach
9 The birds' movement is:

like a pulsation

like a quiver

like a stillness

like a shudder
10 What color is the sea?

Green

Purple

Black

Blue
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

10 lbs

30 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?

Sails

Fish nets

Fish

Clothes
14 What instruments describe the storm?

Fife and drum

Piano

Drum and clarinet

Flute
15 What does the storm disturb?

The houses

The trees

The stars

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

Chaos

Anger

Death

Confusion
17 What is "favored by the fog"?

Fish

Stars

People

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

Rose

Salpigloss

Snapdrgaon

Foxglove
19 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?

Daisy

Petunia

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?

Newts

Cats

Cobras

Dogs
22 The newt is described as

reticent

corpulent

diffident

ebullient
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

Austin

Arthur
25 What does Ambrose watch?

Whales

Boats

Lobsters

Seagulls

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