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?
Whale

Seal

Dolphin

Manatee
3 How many animals are stranded?
5

7

8

6
4 How is the air described?
Lovely

Fragrant

Fine

Sweet
5 The water is described as
formal

fragmented

flowing

ragged
6 What are the waves compared to?
Mountain peaks

Sunbeams

Slats of a roof

Scales on a fish
7 What birds are mentioned?
Pelicans

Cormorants

Seagulls

Crows
8 What do the birds fly around?
The beach

The ships

The lighthouse

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

like a stillness

like a shudder

like a pulsation
10 What color is the sea?
Purple

Green

Blue

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

Purple

Blue and gray

Red
12 How much does the lobster weigh?
10 lbs

30 lbs

25 lbs

20 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Clothes

Fish

Sails

Fish nets
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Flute

Piano

Fife and drum

Drum and clarinet
15 What does the storm disturb?
The houses

The trees

The animals

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

Anger

Chaos

Death
17 What is "favored by the fog"?
Fish

Stars

Flowers

People
18 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?
Rose

Snapdrgaon

Salpigloss

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

Tulip

Daisy

Lily
20 The climate is not right for:
the frangipani

the jack-fruit

the banyan

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Newts

Dogs

Cobras

Cats
22 The newt is described as
ebullient

reticent

diffident

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

love

Durer

the steeple-jack
24 What is the college student's name?
Arthur

Abbot

Ambrose

Austin
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Seagulls

Boats

Lobsters

Whales

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