The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Leonardo

El Greco

Donatello

Dürer
2 What animal is stranded?
Whale

Dolphin

Manatee

Seal
3 How many animals are stranded?
5

7

8

6
4 How is the air described?
Fine

Fragrant

Lovely

Sweet
5 The water is described as
formal

fragmented

flowing

ragged
6 What are the waves compared to?
Scales on a fish

Slats of a roof

Mountain peaks

Sunbeams
7 What birds are mentioned?
Seagulls

Pelicans

Cormorants

Crows
8 What do the birds fly around?
The beach

The hills

The lighthouse

The ships
9 The birds' movement is:
like a stillness

like a shudder

like a pulsation

like a quiver
10 What color is the sea?
Purple

Black

Blue

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

Red

Blue and gray

Purple
12 How much does the lobster weigh?
25 lbs

30 lbs

10 lbs

20 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Fish

Fish nets

Clothes

Sails
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Drum and clarinet

Fife and drum

Piano

Flute
15 What does the storm disturb?
The animals

The stars

The trees

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

Chaos

Anger

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

Stars

People

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

Salpigloss

Foxglove

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

Daisy

Tulip

Lily
20 The climate is not right for:
the frangipani

the banyan

the jack-fruit

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Cats

Dogs

Cobras

Newts
22 The newt is described as
ebullient

reticent

diffident

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

Durer

the steeple-jack

ambition
24 What is the college student's name?
Abbot

Arthur

Austin

Ambrose
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Lobsters

Seagulls

Whales

Boats

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