The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
devils

nautili

poets

mercenaries
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Writers

Poets

Mercenaries

Authorities
3 Commuters are described as
authoritative

dull

friendly

comfortable
4 The shell is
thin

heavy

broken

opulent
5 The souvenir of hope is
authoritative

raw

perishable

comfortable
6 The outside is
pink

glossy white

gray

dull white
7 The inner surface is
glossy

ragged

dull

matte
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?
Day and night

Night

Day

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

Speak

Move

Eat
10 How many arms does she have?
10

8

4

2
11 What fish is she compared to?
A clownfish

A piranha

A catfish

A devilfish
12 What does she do for the eggs?
Separates them

Crushes them

Hides them

Ignores them
13 She refers to her eggs as
babies

freight

spheres

packages
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Achilles

Paris

Hercules

Ajax
15 What does the crab do to Hercules?
Inspires him

Kills him

Devours him

Hinders 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?
Rat

Wasp

Bee

Bird
18 The chiton-folds are compared to
the wasp nest

the Parthenon horse

the glossy sea

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

Family

Mother

Love
20 The mother's love is
obsessive

intense

nurturing

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

the crab

the authorities

the eggs
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Reserved

Indifferent

Morose

Dedicated
23 The shell is depicted as
heavy

capacious

ragged

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

endurance

maternal love

religion
25 The eggs
never hatch

do not break the shell

resist against their mother's love

are watched intensively

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