The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?

Dürer

El Greco

Donatello

Leonardo
2 What animal is stranded?

Seal

Manatee

Whale

Dolphin
3 How many animals are stranded?

5

7

8

6
4 How is the air described?

Lovely

Fine

Fragrant

Sweet
5 The water is described as

fragmented

formal

flowing

ragged
6 What are the waves compared to?

Slats of a roof

Sunbeams

Scales on a fish

Mountain peaks
7 What birds are mentioned?

Cormorants

Pelicans

Seagulls

Crows
8 What do the birds fly around?

The ships

The lighthouse

The hills

The beach
9 The birds' movement is:

like a pulsation

like a quiver

like a shudder

like a stillness
10 What color is the sea?

Green

Black

Blue

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?

20 lbs

25 lbs

30 lbs

10 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?

Fish nets

Fish

Clothes

Sails
14 What instruments describe the storm?

Fife and drum

Piano

Flute

Drum and clarinet
15 What does the storm disturb?

The trees

The houses

The stars

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

Confusion

Death

Chaos

Anger
17 What is "favored by the fog"?

Flowers

Fish

People

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

Salpigloss

Rose

Foxglove

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

Petunia

Lily

Tulip

Daisy
20 The climate is not right for:

the frangipani

the jack-fruit

the banyan

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?

Dogs

Newts

Cobras

Cats
22 The newt is described as

corpulent

reticent

diffident

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

love

Durer

the steeple-jack

ambition
24 What is the college student's name?

Abbot

Austin

Ambrose

Arthur
25 What does Ambrose watch?

Boats

Lobsters

Whales

Seagulls

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