The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Dürer

El Greco

Leonardo

Donatello
2 What animal is stranded?
Manatee

Whale

Seal

Dolphin
3 How many animals are stranded?
6

7

8

5
4 How is the air described?
Fine

Lovely

Fragrant

Sweet
5 The water is described as
fragmented

ragged

formal

flowing
6 What are the waves compared to?
Scales on a fish

Slats of a roof

Mountain peaks

Sunbeams
7 What birds are mentioned?
Crows

Pelicans

Cormorants

Seagulls
8 What do the birds fly around?
The hills

The lighthouse

The beach

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

like a pulsation

like a stillness

like a shudder
10 What color is the sea?
Purple

Green

Black

Blue
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?
Red

Blue and gray

Pink and yellow

Purple
12 How much does the lobster weigh?
30 lbs

20 lbs

25 lbs

10 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Fish nets

Clothes

Sails

Fish
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Drum and clarinet

Piano

Flute

Fife and drum
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?
Death

Confusion

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?
Salpigloss

Snapdrgaon

Rose

Foxglove
19 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?
Daisy

Petunia

Tulip

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

the frangipani

the banyan

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Dogs

Cobras

Cats

Newts
22 The newt is described as
ebullient

reticent

diffident

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

the steeple-jack

Durer

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

Abbot

Austin

Arthur
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Boats

Whales

Lobsters

Seagulls

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