The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?

El Greco

Dürer

Donatello

Leonardo
2 What animal is stranded?

Dolphin

Seal

Manatee

Whale
3 How many animals are stranded?

8

5

6

7
4 How is the air described?

Fragrant

Sweet

Lovely

Fine
5 The water is described as

fragmented

ragged

flowing

formal
6 What are the waves compared to?

Mountain peaks

Slats of a roof

Scales on a fish

Sunbeams
7 What birds are mentioned?

Crows

Cormorants

Pelicans

Seagulls
8 What do the birds fly around?

The ships

The beach

The hills

The lighthouse
9 The birds' movement is:

like a shudder

like a quiver

like a stillness

like a pulsation
10 What color is the sea?

Purple

Blue

Black

Green
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?

Purple

Pink and yellow

Red

Blue and gray
12 How much does the lobster weigh?

20 lbs

25 lbs

10 lbs

30 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?

Clothes

Sails

Fish nets

Fish
14 What instruments describe the storm?

Drum and clarinet

Flute

Piano

Fife and drum
15 What does the storm disturb?

The houses

The trees

The animals

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

Chaos

Confusion

Death

Anger
17 What is "favored by the fog"?

Stars

Fish

Flowers

People
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?

Daisy

Tulip

Petunia

Lily
20 The climate is not right for:

the banyan

the jack-fruit

the frangipani

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?

Cobras

Cats

Newts

Dogs
22 The newt is described as

corpulent

diffident

ebullient

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

ambition

the steeple-jack

love

Durer
24 What is the college student's name?

Austin

Ambrose

Arthur

Abbot
25 What does Ambrose watch?

Whales

Boats

Lobsters

Seagulls

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