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

Poets

Mercenaries

Authorities
3 Commuters are described as

friendly

dull

authoritative

comfortable
4 The shell is

broken

thin

heavy

opulent
5 The souvenir of hope is

perishable

raw

authoritative

comfortable
6 The outside is

pink

dull white

glossy white

gray
7 The inner surface is

matte

glossy

dull

ragged
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?

Day

Day and night

Night

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

Speak

Eat

Sleep

Move
10 How many arms does she have?

2

10

4

8
11 What fish is she compared to?

A catfish

A devilfish

A clownfish

A piranha
12 What does she do for the eggs?

Ignores them

Hides them

Separates them

Crushes them
13 She refers to her eggs as

freight

spheres

packages

babies
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?

Hercules

Achilles

Paris

Ajax
15 What does the crab do to Hercules?

Devours him

Kills him

Inspires him

Hinders him
16 When the eggs are freed,

they die

they break the shell

they leave the shell intact

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

Bird

Wasp

Rat

Bee
18 The chiton-folds are compared to

the Parthenon horse

Hercules and his labor

the wasp nest

the glossy sea
19 What is "the only fortress / strong enough to trust to"?

Family

The sea

Love

Mother
20 The mother's love is

obsessive

nurturing

intense

all of these
21 The nautilus makes her shell for

the authorities

the crab

the commuters

the eggs
22 What best describes the nautilus?

Reserved

Indifferent

Morose

Dedicated
23 The shell is depicted as

fragile

capacious

heavy

ragged
24 The following are themes of the poem except

religion

endurance

maternal love

the sea
25 The eggs

resist against their mother's love

are watched intensively

do not break the shell

never hatch

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