The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by

poets

mercenaries

nautili

devils
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?

Authorities

Poets

Mercenaries

Writers
3 Commuters are described as

dull

authoritative

comfortable

friendly
4 The shell is

broken

opulent

heavy

thin
5 The souvenir of hope is

comfortable

raw

perishable

authoritative
6 The outside is

pink

gray

dull white

glossy white
7 The inner surface is

matte

ragged

glossy

dull
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?

Night

Day and night

Never

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

Eat

Move

Sleep

Speak
10 How many arms does she have?

4

10

2

8
11 What fish is she compared to?

A devilfish

A catfish

A clownfish

A piranha
12 What does she do for the eggs?

Hides them

Crushes them

Separates them

Ignores them
13 She refers to her eggs as

babies

spheres

packages

freight
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?

Achilles

Ajax

Hercules

Paris
15 What does the crab do to Hercules?

Kills him

Hinders him

Inspires him

Devours 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?

Bird

Rat

Wasp

Bee
18 The chiton-folds are compared to

the glossy sea

Hercules and his labor

the wasp nest

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

Family

Love

Mother

The sea
20 The mother's love is

obsessive

nurturing

intense

all of these
21 The nautilus makes her shell for

the eggs

the authorities

the commuters

the crab
22 What best describes the nautilus?

Dedicated

Morose

Indifferent

Reserved
23 The shell is depicted as

heavy

fragile

ragged

capacious
24 The following are themes of the poem except

endurance

maternal love

religion

the sea
25 The eggs

do not break the shell

resist against their mother's love

are watched intensively

never hatch

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