The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?

Leonardo

Donatello

El Greco

Dürer
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

Fragrant

Sweet

Lovely
5 The water is described as

flowing

ragged

formal

fragmented
6 What are the waves compared to?

Scales on a fish

Slats of a roof

Sunbeams

Mountain peaks
7 What birds are mentioned?

Crows

Seagulls

Cormorants

Pelicans
8 What do the birds fly around?

The lighthouse

The beach

The hills

The ships
9 The birds' movement is:

like a quiver

like a shudder

like a pulsation

like a stillness
10 What color is the sea?

Black

Blue

Green

Purple
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?

Blue and gray

Red

Pink and yellow

Purple
12 How much does the lobster weigh?

25 lbs

20 lbs

10 lbs

30 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?

Clothes

Fish nets

Sails

Fish
14 What instruments describe the storm?

Flute

Fife and drum

Piano

Drum and clarinet
15 What does the storm disturb?

The animals

The trees

The houses

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

Confusion

Chaos

Anger

Death
17 What is "favored by the fog"?

Flowers

Stars

Fish

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

Snapdrgaon

Foxglove

Salpigloss

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

Tulip

Petunia

Lily

Daisy
20 The climate is not right for:

the banyan

the frangipani

the jack-fruit

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?

Dogs

Cats

Cobras

Newts
22 The newt is described as

ebullient

reticent

diffident

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

Durer

the steeple-jack

ambition

love
24 What is the college student's name?

Ambrose

Arthur

Abbot

Austin
25 What does Ambrose watch?

Whales

Seagulls

Lobsters

Boats

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