The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
devils

poets

mercenaries

nautili
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Poets

Writers

Authorities

Mercenaries
3 Commuters are described as
friendly

dull

comfortable

authoritative
4 The shell is
opulent

heavy

broken

thin
5 The souvenir of hope is
raw

perishable

authoritative

comfortable
6 The outside is
dull white

glossy white

gray

pink
7 The inner surface is
dull

glossy

ragged

matte
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?
Night

Never

Day

Day and night
9 What does she not do until the eggs hatch?
Eat

Sleep

Move

Speak
10 How many arms does she have?
4

10

8

2
11 What fish is she compared to?
A catfish

A devilfish

A clownfish

A piranha
12 What does she do for the eggs?
Ignores them

Crushes them

Separates them

Hides them
13 She refers to her eggs as
packages

freight

spheres

babies
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Paris

Hercules

Achilles

Ajax
15 What does the crab do to Hercules?
Devours him

Inspires him

Hinders him

Kills him
16 When the eggs are freed,
they die

they leave the shell intact

they make their own shells

they break the shell
17 What creature's nest does the poet mention?
Bee

Wasp

Rat

Bird
18 The chiton-folds are compared to
the wasp nest

Hercules and his labor

the Parthenon horse

the glossy sea
19 What is "the only fortress / strong enough to trust to"?
Love

The sea

Mother

Family
20 The mother's love is
obsessive

nurturing

intense

all of these
21 The nautilus makes her shell for
the authorities

the eggs

the crab

the commuters
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Dedicated

Reserved

Indifferent

Morose
23 The shell is depicted as
heavy

fragile

capacious

ragged
24 The following are themes of the poem except
endurance

religion

maternal love

the sea
25 The eggs
do not break the shell

never hatch

are watched intensively

resist against their mother's love

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