The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Dürer

Donatello

El Greco

Leonardo
2 What animal is stranded?
Dolphin

Seal

Whale

Manatee
3 How many animals are stranded?
6

8

7

5
4 How is the air described?
Fragrant

Fine

Sweet

Lovely
5 The water is described as
formal

fragmented

flowing

ragged
6 What are the waves compared to?
Slats of a roof

Mountain peaks

Sunbeams

Scales on a fish
7 What birds are mentioned?
Cormorants

Pelicans

Seagulls

Crows
8 What do the birds fly around?
The ships

The lighthouse

The beach

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

like a quiver

like a shudder

like a stillness
10 What color is the sea?
Purple

Black

Green

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

Purple

Red

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

30 lbs

20 lbs

10 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Fish

Sails

Clothes

Fish nets
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Fife and drum

Flute

Piano

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

The stars

The trees

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

Confusion

Death

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

Fish

People

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

Foxglove

Rose

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

Petunia

Tulip

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

the banyan

the frangipani

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Cats

Newts

Dogs

Cobras
22 The newt is described as
diffident

ebullient

reticent

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

Durer

the steeple-jack

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

Austin

Abbot

Arthur
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Whales

Lobsters

Boats

Seagulls

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