The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
mercenaries

devils

nautili

poets
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Mercenaries

Writers

Poets

Authorities
3 Commuters are described as
friendly

dull

authoritative

comfortable
4 The shell is
thin

opulent

heavy

broken
5 The souvenir of hope is
raw

authoritative

perishable

comfortable
6 The outside is
glossy white

gray

dull white

pink
7 The inner surface is
glossy

ragged

dull

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

Speak

Sleep

Move
10 How many arms does she have?
8

4

2

10
11 What fish is she compared to?
A clownfish

A catfish

A piranha

A devilfish
12 What does she do for the eggs?
Crushes them

Hides them

Separates them

Ignores them
13 She refers to her eggs as
babies

packages

freight

spheres
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Achilles

Hercules

Paris

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

Devours him

Kills him

Inspires him
16 When the eggs are freed,
they make their own shells

they leave the shell intact

they break the shell

they die
17 What creature's nest does the poet mention?
Bird

Wasp

Rat

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

Hercules and his labor

the glossy sea

the Parthenon horse
19 What is "the only fortress / strong enough to trust to"?
The sea

Love

Family

Mother
20 The mother's love is
nurturing

intense

obsessive

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

the eggs

the authorities

the crab
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Dedicated

Indifferent

Reserved

Morose
23 The shell is depicted as
capacious

ragged

heavy

fragile
24 The following are themes of the poem except
endurance

the sea

religion

maternal love
25 The eggs
are watched intensively

resist against their mother's love

never hatch

do not break the shell

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