The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?

El Greco

Donatello

Dürer

Leonardo
2 What animal is stranded?

Seal

Whale

Manatee

Dolphin
3 How many animals are stranded?

6

8

7

5
4 How is the air described?

Fragrant

Lovely

Fine

Sweet
5 The water is described as

fragmented

flowing

formal

ragged
6 What are the waves compared to?

Slats of a roof

Scales on a fish

Sunbeams

Mountain peaks
7 What birds are mentioned?

Seagulls

Cormorants

Crows

Pelicans
8 What do the birds fly around?

The lighthouse

The hills

The beach

The ships
9 The birds' movement is:

like a pulsation

like a shudder

like a quiver

like a stillness
10 What color is the sea?

Purple

Blue

Black

Green
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?

Blue and gray

Purple

Pink and yellow

Red
12 How much does the lobster weigh?

10 lbs

30 lbs

25 lbs

20 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?

Sails

Fish nets

Fish

Clothes
14 What instruments describe the storm?

Flute

Drum and clarinet

Fife and drum

Piano
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?

Salpigloss

Snapdrgaon

Rose

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

Petunia

Lily

Tulip

Daisy
20 The climate is not right for:

the banyan

the jack-fruit

the frangipani

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?

Dogs

Cats

Cobras

Newts
22 The newt is described as

ebullient

diffident

reticent

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

ambition

Durer

the steeple-jack

love
24 What is the college student's name?

Austin

Ambrose

Abbot

Arthur
25 What does Ambrose watch?

Whales

Seagulls

Boats

Lobsters

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