The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Donatello

Leonardo

El Greco

Dürer
2 What animal is stranded?
Dolphin

Manatee

Whale

Seal
3 How many animals are stranded?
8

6

5

7
4 How is the air described?
Lovely

Fine

Fragrant

Sweet
5 The water is described as
fragmented

ragged

formal

flowing
6 What are the waves compared to?
Mountain peaks

Sunbeams

Scales on a fish

Slats of a roof
7 What birds are mentioned?
Crows

Pelicans

Cormorants

Seagulls
8 What do the birds fly around?
The beach

The hills

The lighthouse

The ships
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?
10 lbs

30 lbs

20 lbs

25 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Fish nets

Sails

Clothes

Fish
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Fife and drum

Piano

Drum and clarinet

Flute
15 What does the storm disturb?
The trees

The animals

The stars

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

Chaos

Death

Confusion
17 What is "favored by the fog"?
People

Stars

Fish

Flowers
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?
Lily

Daisy

Tulip

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

the banyan

the frangipani

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Cobras

Dogs

Newts

Cats
22 The newt is described as
ebullient

diffident

corpulent

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

ambition

the steeple-jack

Durer
24 What is the college student's name?
Austin

Ambrose

Abbot

Arthur
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Seagulls

Whales

Lobsters

Boats

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