The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Leonardo

El Greco

Donatello

Dürer
2 What animal is stranded?
Seal

Dolphin

Whale

Manatee
3 How many animals are stranded?
8

6

5

7
4 How is the air described?
Lovely

Sweet

Fine

Fragrant
5 The water is described as
ragged

formal

fragmented

flowing
6 What are the waves compared to?
Mountain peaks

Scales on a fish

Sunbeams

Slats of a roof
7 What birds are mentioned?
Cormorants

Pelicans

Crows

Seagulls
8 What do the birds fly around?
The lighthouse

The hills

The beach

The ships
9 The birds' movement is:
like a quiver

like a stillness

like a pulsation

like a shudder
10 What color is the sea?
Purple

Black

Blue

Green
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?
Pink and yellow

Purple

Blue and gray

Red
12 How much does the lobster weigh?
30 lbs

20 lbs

25 lbs

10 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Sails

Fish nets

Fish

Clothes
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Fife and drum

Drum and clarinet

Flute

Piano
15 What does the storm disturb?
The trees

The houses

The animals

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

Death

Chaos

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?
Tulip

Daisy

Petunia

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

the banyan

the frangipani

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Dogs

Newts

Cats

Cobras
22 The newt is described as
reticent

ebullient

corpulent

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

the steeple-jack

love

ambition
24 What is the college student's name?
Austin

Ambrose

Abbot

Arthur
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Lobsters

Seagulls

Boats

Whales

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