The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
nautili

poets

devils

mercenaries
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Writers

Mercenaries

Poets

Authorities
3 Commuters are described as
authoritative

comfortable

dull

friendly
4 The shell is
broken

opulent

heavy

thin
5 The souvenir of hope is
comfortable

perishable

authoritative

raw
6 The outside is
dull white

pink

glossy white

gray
7 The inner surface is
dull

matte

ragged

glossy
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?
Night

Never

Day and night

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

Speak

Move

Sleep
10 How many arms does she have?
10

2

8

4
11 What fish is she compared to?
A devilfish

A piranha

A catfish

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

Crushes them

Hides them

Ignores them
13 She refers to her eggs as
freight

babies

packages

spheres
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Achilles

Ajax

Paris

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

Inspires him

Kills him

Devours him
16 When the eggs are freed,
they make their own shells

they leave the shell intact

they break the shell

they die
17 What creature's nest does the poet mention?
Bird

Rat

Bee

Wasp
18 The chiton-folds are compared to
Hercules and his labor

the glossy sea

the wasp nest

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
obsessive

intense

nurturing

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

the crab

the authorities

the commuters
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Reserved

Dedicated

Morose

Indifferent
23 The shell is depicted as
heavy

capacious

fragile

ragged
24 The following are themes of the poem except
endurance

the sea

religion

maternal love
25 The eggs
never hatch

are watched intensively

do not break the shell

resist against their mother's love

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