The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by

mercenaries

poets

devils

nautili
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?

Authorities

Writers

Mercenaries

Poets
3 Commuters are described as

dull

authoritative

comfortable

friendly
4 The shell is

opulent

heavy

broken

thin
5 The souvenir of hope is

raw

perishable

comfortable

authoritative
6 The outside is

pink

dull white

gray

glossy white
7 The inner surface is

ragged

dull

matte

glossy
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?

Day and night

Night

Day

Never
9 What does she not do until the eggs hatch?

Move

Speak

Sleep

Eat
10 How many arms does she have?

8

2

4

10
11 What fish is she compared to?

A devilfish

A catfish

A clownfish

A piranha
12 What does she do for the eggs?

Ignores them

Crushes them

Hides them

Separates them
13 She refers to her eggs as

packages

babies

spheres

freight
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?

Hercules

Ajax

Achilles

Paris
15 What does the crab do to Hercules?

Hinders him

Devours him

Kills him

Inspires him
16 When the eggs are freed,

they die

they make their own shells

they leave the shell intact

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

Rat

Bee

Wasp

Bird
18 The chiton-folds are compared to

the Parthenon horse

the wasp nest

Hercules and his labor

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

Mother

Love

The sea

Family
20 The mother's love is

obsessive

intense

nurturing

all of these
21 The nautilus makes her shell for

the crab

the authorities

the commuters

the eggs
22 What best describes the nautilus?

Morose

Indifferent

Dedicated

Reserved
23 The shell is depicted as

heavy

capacious

ragged

fragile
24 The following are themes of the poem except

religion

endurance

the sea

maternal love
25 The eggs

never hatch

resist against their mother's love

do not break the shell

are watched intensively

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