The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
poets

mercenaries

devils

nautili
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Poets

Authorities

Mercenaries

Writers
3 Commuters are described as
authoritative

friendly

comfortable

dull
4 The shell is
thin

broken

heavy

opulent
5 The souvenir of hope is
comfortable

perishable

authoritative

raw
6 The outside is
gray

glossy white

dull white

pink
7 The inner surface is
glossy

ragged

dull

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

Day

Night

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

Speak

Sleep

Eat
10 How many arms does she have?
2

4

10

8
11 What fish is she compared to?
A devilfish

A catfish

A piranha

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

Separates them

Hides them

Crushes them
13 She refers to her eggs as
babies

freight

packages

spheres
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Achilles

Ajax

Hercules

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

Hinders him

Kills him

Inspires him
16 When the eggs are freed,
they leave the shell intact

they die

they break the shell

they make their own shells
17 What creature's nest does the poet mention?
Rat

Wasp

Bee

Bird
18 The chiton-folds are compared to
the glossy sea

the Parthenon horse

Hercules and his labor

the wasp nest
19 What is "the only fortress / strong enough to trust to"?
Love

Family

Mother

The sea
20 The mother's love is
nurturing

obsessive

intense

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

the eggs

the commuters

the authorities
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Morose

Indifferent

Dedicated

Reserved
23 The shell is depicted as
capacious

fragile

ragged

heavy
24 The following are themes of the poem except
religion

endurance

the sea

maternal love
25 The eggs
resist against their mother's love

do not break the shell

never hatch

are watched intensively

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