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?
Dolphin

Seal

Whale

Manatee
3 How many animals are stranded?
6

5

8

7
4 How is the air described?
Lovely

Sweet

Fine

Fragrant
5 The water is described as
ragged

flowing

formal

fragmented
6 What are the waves compared to?
Sunbeams

Mountain peaks

Slats of a roof

Scales on a fish
7 What birds are mentioned?
Crows

Pelicans

Cormorants

Seagulls
8 What do the birds fly around?
The ships

The beach

The lighthouse

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

like a quiver

like a pulsation

like a shudder
10 What color is the sea?
Blue

Black

Purple

Green
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?
Blue and gray

Red

Pink and yellow

Purple
12 How much does the lobster weigh?
30 lbs

25 lbs

10 lbs

20 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Clothes

Sails

Fish nets

Fish
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Piano

Flute

Fife and drum

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

The houses

The trees

The animals
16 What does the poet say it is a privilege to see?
Chaos

Anger

Confusion

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

People

Fish

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

Foxglove

Snapdrgaon

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

Daisy

Lily

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

the frangipani

the banyan

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Dogs

Cobras

Cats

Newts
22 The newt is described as
diffident

ebullient

reticent

corpulent
23 "There is nothing that ______ can buy or take away"
the steeple-jack

ambition

love

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

Arthur

Abbot

Austin
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Whales

Boats

Lobsters

Seagulls

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