The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?

El Greco

Dürer

Leonardo

Donatello
2 What animal is stranded?

Seal

Dolphin

Manatee

Whale
3 How many animals are stranded?

7

5

8

6
4 How is the air described?

Lovely

Sweet

Fine

Fragrant
5 The water is described as

ragged

fragmented

flowing

formal
6 What are the waves compared to?

Scales on a fish

Slats of a roof

Mountain peaks

Sunbeams
7 What birds are mentioned?

Pelicans

Seagulls

Cormorants

Crows
8 What do the birds fly around?

The hills

The ships

The lighthouse

The beach
9 The birds' movement is:

like a stillness

like a pulsation

like a quiver

like a shudder
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?

30 lbs

10 lbs

20 lbs

25 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?

Clothes

Fish nets

Sails

Fish
14 What instruments describe the storm?

Fife and drum

Flute

Piano

Drum and clarinet
15 What does the storm disturb?

The trees

The animals

The houses

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

Confusion

Anger

Chaos

Death
17 What is "favored by the fog"?

People

Stars

Flowers

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

Foxglove

Snapdrgaon

Salpigloss

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

Petunia

Daisy

Lily

Tulip
20 The climate is not right for:

the banyan

the jack-fruit

the frangipani

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?

Cats

Newts

Cobras

Dogs
22 The newt is described as

diffident

corpulent

ebullient

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

love

the steeple-jack

Durer

ambition
24 What is the college student's name?

Abbot

Ambrose

Austin

Arthur
25 What does Ambrose watch?

Boats

Whales

Seagulls

Lobsters

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