The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?

Leonardo

Donatello

Dürer

El Greco
2 What animal is stranded?

Seal

Manatee

Whale

Dolphin
3 How many animals are stranded?

6

5

7

8
4 How is the air described?

Fine

Sweet

Lovely

Fragrant
5 The water is described as

fragmented

formal

flowing

ragged
6 What are the waves compared to?

Scales on a fish

Sunbeams

Slats of a roof

Mountain peaks
7 What birds are mentioned?

Pelicans

Crows

Cormorants

Seagulls
8 What do the birds fly around?

The beach

The ships

The lighthouse

The hills
9 The birds' movement is:

like a shudder

like a quiver

like a pulsation

like a stillness
10 What color is the sea?

Purple

Blue

Green

Black
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?

Blue and gray

Red

Pink and yellow

Purple
12 How much does the lobster weigh?

25 lbs

20 lbs

30 lbs

10 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?

Fish

Clothes

Fish nets

Sails
14 What instruments describe the storm?

Drum and clarinet

Flute

Fife and drum

Piano
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?

Death

Anger

Chaos

Confusion
17 What is "favored by the fog"?

Flowers

Fish

People

Stars
18 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?

Salpigloss

Rose

Snapdrgaon

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

Petunia

Lily

Tulip

Daisy
20 The climate is not right for:

the jack-fruit

the frangipani

the banyan

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?

Dogs

Cats

Cobras

Newts
22 The newt is described as

diffident

reticent

corpulent

ebullient
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

Arthur

Austin

Abbot
25 What does Ambrose watch?

Seagulls

Lobsters

Whales

Boats

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