The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
poets

devils

nautili

mercenaries
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Writers

Authorities

Poets

Mercenaries
3 Commuters are described as
friendly

dull

authoritative

comfortable
4 The shell is
opulent

broken

thin

heavy
5 The souvenir of hope is
raw

comfortable

perishable

authoritative
6 The outside is
pink

gray

glossy white

dull white
7 The inner surface is
ragged

glossy

matte

dull
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?
Day and night

Night

Never

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

Move

Speak

Eat
10 How many arms does she have?
10

8

2

4
11 What fish is she compared to?
A piranha

A catfish

A devilfish

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

Separates them

Ignores them

Crushes them
13 She refers to her eggs as
packages

spheres

babies

freight
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Ajax

Achilles

Hercules

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

Hinders him

Inspires him

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

they leave the shell intact

they make their own shells

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

the glossy sea

Hercules and his labor

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

Family

The sea

Mother
20 The mother's love is
intense

obsessive

nurturing

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

the commuters

the crab

the eggs
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Reserved

Morose

Dedicated

Indifferent
23 The shell is depicted as
heavy

capacious

fragile

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

religion

the sea

endurance
25 The eggs
do not break the shell

are watched intensively

resist against their mother's love

never hatch

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