The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
mercenaries

nautili

devils

poets
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Writers

Poets

Mercenaries

Authorities
3 Commuters are described as
comfortable

friendly

dull

authoritative
4 The shell is
thin

heavy

broken

opulent
5 The souvenir of hope is
raw

authoritative

perishable

comfortable
6 The outside is
gray

glossy white

dull white

pink
7 The inner surface is
ragged

glossy

dull

matte
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?
Day

Night

Never

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

Eat

Speak

Sleep
10 How many arms does she have?
8

10

4

2
11 What fish is she compared to?
A clownfish

A catfish

A piranha

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

Separates them

Ignores them

Crushes them
13 She refers to her eggs as
babies

freight

spheres

packages
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Paris

Ajax

Hercules

Achilles
15 What does the crab do to Hercules?
Kills him

Devours him

Hinders him

Inspires him
16 When the eggs are freed,
they leave the shell intact

they break the shell

they die

they make their own shells
17 What creature's nest does the poet mention?
Wasp

Bird

Bee

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

the Parthenon horse

Hercules and his labor

the wasp nest
19 What is "the only fortress / strong enough to trust to"?
Mother

Family

The sea

Love
20 The mother's love is
obsessive

intense

nurturing

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

the crab

the commuters

the authorities
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Reserved

Dedicated

Morose

Indifferent
23 The shell is depicted as
capacious

fragile

heavy

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

maternal love

religion

endurance
25 The eggs
never hatch

are watched intensively

do not break the shell

resist against their mother's love

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