The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Leonardo

Dürer

Donatello

El Greco
2 What animal is stranded?
Dolphin

Whale

Seal

Manatee
3 How many animals are stranded?
5

8

7

6
4 How is the air described?
Sweet

Fine

Fragrant

Lovely
5 The water is described as
ragged

fragmented

formal

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

Mountain peaks

Slats of a roof

Sunbeams
7 What birds are mentioned?
Seagulls

Crows

Cormorants

Pelicans
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 pulsation

like a quiver

like a stillness
10 What color is the sea?
Purple

Green

Black

Blue
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?
Red

Pink and yellow

Purple

Blue and gray
12 How much does the lobster weigh?
10 lbs

20 lbs

30 lbs

25 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Clothes

Sails

Fish nets

Fish
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Drum and clarinet

Flute

Piano

Fife and drum
15 What does the storm disturb?
The stars

The houses

The animals

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

Death

Anger

Chaos
17 What is "favored by the fog"?
Flowers

Stars

Fish

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

Rose

Foxglove

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

Petunia

Daisy

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

the frangipani

the banyan

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Cats

Cobras

Dogs

Newts
22 The newt is described as
reticent

ebullient

corpulent

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

Durer

love

the steeple-jack
24 What is the college student's name?
Ambrose

Abbot

Arthur

Austin
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Whales

Boats

Lobsters

Seagulls

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