The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by

mercenaries

devils

poets

nautili
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?

Authorities

Poets

Writers

Mercenaries
3 Commuters are described as

friendly

dull

authoritative

comfortable
4 The shell is

opulent

thin

broken

heavy
5 The souvenir of hope is

perishable

raw

authoritative

comfortable
6 The outside is

dull white

gray

pink

glossy white
7 The inner surface is

glossy

ragged

dull

matte
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?

Day and night

Never

Day

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

Sleep

Speak

Move

Eat
10 How many arms does she have?

8

4

10

2
11 What fish is she compared to?

A catfish

A devilfish

A piranha

A clownfish
12 What does she do for the eggs?

Ignores them

Crushes them

Separates them

Hides them
13 She refers to her eggs as

packages

babies

spheres

freight
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?

Hercules

Ajax

Paris

Achilles
15 What does the crab do to Hercules?

Inspires him

Kills him

Devours him

Hinders him
16 When the eggs are freed,

they die

they make their own shells

they leave the shell intact

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

Wasp

Rat

Bird

Bee
18 The chiton-folds are compared to

the wasp nest

Hercules and his labor

the Parthenon horse

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

The sea

Mother

Family

Love
20 The mother's love is

intense

obsessive

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?

Dedicated

Morose

Reserved

Indifferent
23 The shell is depicted as

capacious

heavy

ragged

fragile
24 The following are themes of the poem except

maternal love

religion

the sea

endurance
25 The eggs

are watched intensively

never hatch

do not break the shell

resist against their mother's love

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