The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?

Leonardo

El Greco

Dürer

Donatello
2 What animal is stranded?

Dolphin

Manatee

Whale

Seal
3 How many animals are stranded?

5

7

6

8
4 How is the air described?

Fragrant

Lovely

Sweet

Fine
5 The water is described as

flowing

fragmented

formal

ragged
6 What are the waves compared to?

Sunbeams

Slats of a roof

Scales on a fish

Mountain peaks
7 What birds are mentioned?

Pelicans

Cormorants

Crows

Seagulls
8 What do the birds fly around?

The beach

The ships

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?

Blue

Green

Purple

Black
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?

Blue and gray

Purple

Red

Pink and yellow
12 How much does the lobster weigh?

20 lbs

10 lbs

30 lbs

25 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?

Sails

Clothes

Fish

Fish nets
14 What instruments describe the storm?

Drum and clarinet

Piano

Fife and drum

Flute
15 What does the storm disturb?

The stars

The trees

The houses

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

Death

Anger

Confusion

Chaos
17 What is "favored by the fog"?

People

Flowers

Stars

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

Foxglove

Rose

Snapdrgaon

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

Petunia

Daisy

Lily

Tulip
20 The climate is not right for:

the frangipani

the banyan

the jack-fruit

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?

Newts

Cobras

Dogs

Cats
22 The newt is described as

ebullient

diffident

corpulent

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

ambition

the steeple-jack

Durer

love
24 What is the college student's name?

Ambrose

Arthur

Austin

Abbot
25 What does Ambrose watch?

Lobsters

Boats

Whales

Seagulls

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