The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Donatello

El Greco

Dürer

Leonardo
2 What animal is stranded?
Seal

Manatee

Dolphin

Whale
3 How many animals are stranded?
6

8

7

5
4 How is the air described?
Fragrant

Sweet

Fine

Lovely
5 The water is described as
flowing

fragmented

ragged

formal
6 What are the waves compared to?
Mountain peaks

Sunbeams

Scales on a fish

Slats of a roof
7 What birds are mentioned?
Pelicans

Crows

Seagulls

Cormorants
8 What do the birds fly around?
The ships

The hills

The beach

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

like a stillness

like a pulsation

like a shudder
10 What color is the sea?
Green

Blue

Black

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

Blue and gray

Purple

Red
12 How much does the lobster weigh?
20 lbs

10 lbs

30 lbs

25 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Clothes

Fish nets

Sails

Fish
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Flute

Drum and clarinet

Piano

Fife and drum
15 What does the storm disturb?
The stars

The trees

The animals

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

Death

Chaos

Anger
17 What is "favored by the fog"?
Stars

People

Flowers

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

Snapdrgaon

Rose

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

Daisy

Petunia

Tulip
20 The climate is not right for:
the banyan

the jack-fruit

the frangipani

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Newts

Cobras

Cats

Dogs
22 The newt is described as
corpulent

ebullient

reticent

diffident
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

Austin

Abbot

Arthur
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Lobsters

Whales

Boats

Seagulls

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