The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
poets

nautili

devils

mercenaries
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Poets

Mercenaries

Writers

Authorities
3 Commuters are described as
comfortable

dull

authoritative

friendly
4 The shell is
broken

heavy

thin

opulent
5 The souvenir of hope is
raw

comfortable

authoritative

perishable
6 The outside is
glossy white

pink

dull white

gray
7 The inner surface is
glossy

ragged

dull

matte
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?
Day

Night

Never

Day and night
9 What does she not do until the eggs hatch?
Speak

Sleep

Move

Eat
10 How many arms does she have?
2

8

4

10
11 What fish is she compared to?
A clownfish

A piranha

A devilfish

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

Separates them

Ignores them

Crushes them
13 She refers to her eggs as
freight

babies

packages

spheres
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Ajax

Hercules

Paris

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

Inspires him

Hinders him

Devours 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?
Wasp

Bee

Bird

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

Hercules and his labor

the Parthenon horse

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

The sea

Family

Mother
20 The mother's love is
obsessive

intense

nurturing

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

the eggs

the authorities

the commuters
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Morose

Reserved

Indifferent

Dedicated
23 The shell is depicted as
ragged

heavy

capacious

fragile
24 The following are themes of the poem except
the sea

religion

maternal love

endurance
25 The eggs
are watched intensively

never hatch

resist against their mother's love

do not break the shell

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