The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by

nautili

mercenaries

devils

poets
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?

Writers

Poets

Mercenaries

Authorities
3 Commuters are described as

dull

friendly

authoritative

comfortable
4 The shell is

thin

heavy

opulent

broken
5 The souvenir of hope is

raw

perishable

authoritative

comfortable
6 The outside is

dull white

glossy white

gray

pink
7 The inner surface is

dull

ragged

matte

glossy
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?

Never

Night

Day

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

Sleep

Eat

Move

Speak
10 How many arms does she have?

10

4

2

8
11 What fish is she compared to?

A devilfish

A piranha

A catfish

A clownfish
12 What does she do for the eggs?

Ignores them

Separates them

Hides them

Crushes them
13 She refers to her eggs as

babies

spheres

freight

packages
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?

Paris

Hercules

Ajax

Achilles
15 What does the crab do to Hercules?

Kills him

Hinders him

Devours him

Inspires 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?

Bee

Wasp

Bird

Rat
18 The chiton-folds are compared to

the glossy sea

the Parthenon horse

the wasp nest

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

The sea

Mother

Family

Love
20 The mother's love is

nurturing

obsessive

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?

Morose

Dedicated

Reserved

Indifferent
23 The shell is depicted as

heavy

capacious

fragile

ragged
24 The following are themes of the poem except

endurance

the sea

religion

maternal love
25 The eggs

resist against their mother's love

are watched intensively

do not break the shell

never hatch

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