The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
devils

poets

mercenaries

nautili
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Writers

Mercenaries

Authorities

Poets
3 Commuters are described as
comfortable

authoritative

dull

friendly
4 The shell is
opulent

broken

heavy

thin
5 The souvenir of hope is
perishable

raw

comfortable

authoritative
6 The outside is
dull white

gray

pink

glossy white
7 The inner surface is
ragged

matte

dull

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

Sleep

Move

Speak
10 How many arms does she have?
8

10

2

4
11 What fish is she compared to?
A devilfish

A clownfish

A piranha

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
packages

babies

spheres

freight
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Hercules

Paris

Ajax

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

Inspires him

Kills him

Hinders 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

Bird

Bee
18 The chiton-folds are compared to
the wasp nest

the Parthenon horse

the glossy sea

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

Mother

Family

The sea
20 The mother's love is
obsessive

nurturing

intense

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

the commuters

the eggs

the crab
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Dedicated

Morose

Indifferent

Reserved
23 The shell is depicted as
heavy

ragged

fragile

capacious
24 The following are themes of the poem except
endurance

maternal love

religion

the sea
25 The eggs
never hatch

resist against their mother's love

are watched intensively

do not break the shell

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