The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Donatello

Dürer

Leonardo

El Greco
2 What animal is stranded?
Manatee

Whale

Dolphin

Seal
3 How many animals are stranded?
7

6

8

5
4 How is the air described?
Sweet

Lovely

Fragrant

Fine
5 The water is described as
flowing

formal

ragged

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

Sunbeams

Mountain peaks

Slats of a roof
7 What birds are mentioned?
Pelicans

Seagulls

Crows

Cormorants
8 What do the birds fly around?
The beach

The ships

The hills

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

like a quiver

like a pulsation

like a shudder
10 What color is the sea?
Black

Green

Purple

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

Blue and gray

Red

Purple
12 How much does the lobster weigh?
25 lbs

30 lbs

20 lbs

10 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Sails

Clothes

Fish nets

Fish
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Piano

Flute

Drum and clarinet

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

The trees

The stars

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

Confusion

Chaos

Anger
17 What is "favored by the fog"?
People

Flowers

Stars

Fish
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

Lily

Daisy
20 The climate is not right for:
the banyan

the frangipani

the jack-fruit

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Cobras

Cats

Newts

Dogs
22 The newt is described as
corpulent

ebullient

reticent

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

love

the steeple-jack

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

Austin

Arthur

Ambrose
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Boats

Whales

Lobsters

Seagulls

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