The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
devils

mercenaries

poets

nautili
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Poets

Writers

Mercenaries

Authorities
3 Commuters are described as
authoritative

dull

friendly

comfortable
4 The shell is
heavy

broken

thin

opulent
5 The souvenir of hope is
authoritative

comfortable

raw

perishable
6 The outside is
dull white

pink

glossy white

gray
7 The inner surface is
glossy

dull

matte

ragged
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?
Night

Never

Day

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

Sleep

Speak

Eat
10 How many arms does she have?
4

2

10

8
11 What fish is she compared to?
A clownfish

A piranha

A catfish

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

Ignores them

Crushes them

Hides them
13 She refers to her eggs as
babies

packages

spheres

freight
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Paris

Ajax

Hercules

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

Inspires him

Devours him

Kills him
16 When the eggs are freed,
they die

they break the shell

they leave the shell intact

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

Rat

Wasp

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

the wasp nest

the Parthenon horse

Hercules and his labor
19 What is "the only fortress / strong enough to trust to"?
Love

Mother

Family

The sea
20 The mother's love is
nurturing

obsessive

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

Morose

Reserved

Indifferent
23 The shell is depicted as
fragile

heavy

ragged

capacious
24 The following are themes of the poem except
maternal love

the sea

endurance

religion
25 The eggs
resist against their mother's love

are watched intensively

do not break the shell

never hatch

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