The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
nautili

devils

poets

mercenaries
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Mercenaries

Poets

Authorities

Writers
3 Commuters are described as
friendly

dull

authoritative

comfortable
4 The shell is
heavy

thin

broken

opulent
5 The souvenir of hope is
comfortable

raw

authoritative

perishable
6 The outside is
pink

gray

glossy white

dull white
7 The inner surface is
dull

matte

ragged

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?
Speak

Sleep

Move

Eat
10 How many arms does she have?
8

4

2

10
11 What fish is she compared to?
A devilfish

A piranha

A catfish

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

Crushes them

Separates them

Hides them
13 She refers to her eggs as
packages

freight

babies

spheres
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Ajax

Hercules

Paris

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

Devours him

Inspires him

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

they make their own shells

they die

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

Wasp

Bee

Rat
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

Mother

The sea

Family
20 The mother's love is
nurturing

intense

obsessive

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

the crab

the authorities

the eggs
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Reserved

Morose

Indifferent

Dedicated
23 The shell is depicted as
fragile

ragged

capacious

heavy
24 The following are themes of the poem except
endurance

maternal love

religion

the sea
25 The eggs
resist against their mother's love

are watched intensively

never hatch

do not break the shell

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