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?
Mercenaries

Writers

Authorities

Poets
3 Commuters are described as
comfortable

authoritative

dull

friendly
4 The shell is
thin

heavy

broken

opulent
5 The souvenir of hope is
perishable

authoritative

raw

comfortable
6 The outside is
dull white

glossy white

pink

gray
7 The inner surface is
ragged

glossy

matte

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

Day

Never

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

Speak

Move

Eat
10 How many arms does she have?
2

4

10

8
11 What fish is she compared to?
A piranha

A clownfish

A catfish

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

Crushes them

Ignores them

Separates them
13 She refers to her eggs as
freight

packages

spheres

babies
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Hercules

Achilles

Ajax

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

Inspires him

Kills him

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

they leave the shell intact

they die

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 Parthenon horse

the wasp nest

the glossy sea

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

The sea

Mother

Love
20 The mother's love is
nurturing

obsessive

intense

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

the commuters

the authorities

the eggs
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Morose

Indifferent

Reserved

Dedicated
23 The shell is depicted as
ragged

fragile

capacious

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

religion

endurance

the sea
25 The eggs
never hatch

do not break the shell

are watched intensively

resist against their mother's love

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