The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by

mercenaries

poets

nautili

devils
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?

Mercenaries

Poets

Writers

Authorities
3 Commuters are described as

friendly

authoritative

dull

comfortable
4 The shell is

opulent

heavy

thin

broken
5 The souvenir of hope is

raw

comfortable

authoritative

perishable
6 The outside is

pink

glossy white

dull white

gray
7 The inner surface is

matte

dull

glossy

ragged
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?

Day

Day and night

Never

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

Eat

Sleep

Move

Speak
10 How many arms does she have?

2

8

10

4
11 What fish is she compared to?

A piranha

A clownfish

A devilfish

A catfish
12 What does she do for the eggs?

Ignores them

Separates them

Crushes them

Hides them
13 She refers to her eggs as

spheres

freight

babies

packages
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?

Paris

Ajax

Achilles

Hercules
15 What does the crab do to Hercules?

Devours him

Kills him

Hinders him

Inspires him
16 When the eggs are freed,

they make their own shells

they break the shell

they die

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

Rat

Wasp

Bird

Bee
18 The chiton-folds are compared to

Hercules and his labor

the wasp nest

the glossy sea

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

The sea

Mother

Love

Family
20 The mother's love is

nurturing

obsessive

intense

all of these
21 The nautilus makes her shell for

the eggs

the crab

the authorities

the commuters
22 What best describes the nautilus?

Morose

Indifferent

Dedicated

Reserved
23 The shell is depicted as

capacious

heavy

ragged

fragile
24 The following are themes of the poem except

endurance

religion

maternal love

the sea
25 The eggs

do not break the shell

never hatch

resist against their mother's love

are watched intensively

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