The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?

El Greco

Leonardo

Dürer

Donatello
2 What animal is stranded?

Seal

Whale

Manatee

Dolphin
3 How many animals are stranded?

6

8

7

5
4 How is the air described?

Fine

Lovely

Sweet

Fragrant
5 The water is described as

ragged

formal

fragmented

flowing
6 What are the waves compared to?

Slats of a roof

Sunbeams

Mountain peaks

Scales on a fish
7 What birds are mentioned?

Seagulls

Crows

Cormorants

Pelicans
8 What do the birds fly around?

The lighthouse

The beach

The hills

The ships
9 The birds' movement is:

like a pulsation

like a shudder

like a stillness

like a quiver
10 What color is the sea?

Black

Purple

Blue

Green
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?

Red

Blue and gray

Purple

Pink and yellow
12 How much does the lobster weigh?

25 lbs

30 lbs

10 lbs

20 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?

Fish nets

Fish

Sails

Clothes
14 What instruments describe the storm?

Fife and drum

Flute

Drum and clarinet

Piano
15 What does the storm disturb?

The trees

The houses

The stars

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

Chaos

Death

Confusion

Anger
17 What is "favored by the fog"?

Stars

Fish

Flowers

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

Rose

Foxglove

Snapdrgaon

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

Lily

Petunia

Daisy

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

Dogs

Cats

Cobras
22 The newt is described as

corpulent

ebullient

diffident

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

the steeple-jack

ambition

love

Durer
24 What is the college student's name?

Abbot

Arthur

Austin

Ambrose
25 What does Ambrose watch?

Whales

Lobsters

Boats

Seagulls

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