The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
mercenaries

nautili

poets

devils
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Mercenaries

Authorities

Writers

Poets
3 Commuters are described as
authoritative

comfortable

friendly

dull
4 The shell is
thin

opulent

broken

heavy
5 The souvenir of hope is
comfortable

raw

authoritative

perishable
6 The outside is
dull white

pink

gray

glossy white
7 The inner surface is
matte

ragged

dull

glossy
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?
Night

Day and night

Never

Day
9 What does she not do until the eggs hatch?
Speak

Eat

Move

Sleep
10 How many arms does she have?
2

8

4

10
11 What fish is she compared to?
A devilfish

A piranha

A clownfish

A catfish
12 What does she do for the eggs?
Hides them

Crushes them

Separates them

Ignores them
13 She refers to her eggs as
packages

freight

babies

spheres
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Achilles

Ajax

Paris

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

Hinders him

Kills him

Inspires him
16 When the eggs are freed,
they break the shell

they die

they make their own shells

they leave the shell intact
17 What creature's nest does the poet mention?
Rat

Bird

Wasp

Bee
18 The chiton-folds are compared to
the glossy sea

Hercules and his labor

the wasp nest

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

Family

The sea

Love
20 The mother's love is
obsessive

nurturing

intense

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

the authorities

the commuters

the eggs
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Reserved

Dedicated

Morose

Indifferent
23 The shell is depicted as
heavy

ragged

capacious

fragile
24 The following are themes of the poem except
the sea

religion

maternal love

endurance
25 The eggs
are watched intensively

resist against their mother's love

never hatch

do not break the shell

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