The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
devils

nautili

mercenaries

poets
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Mercenaries

Authorities

Writers

Poets
3 Commuters are described as
dull

friendly

comfortable

authoritative
4 The shell is
broken

opulent

heavy

thin
5 The souvenir of hope is
perishable

comfortable

raw

authoritative
6 The outside is
glossy white

dull white

pink

gray
7 The inner surface is
ragged

glossy

dull

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

Day

Never

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

Sleep

Move

Speak
10 How many arms does she have?
10

4

2

8
11 What fish is she compared to?
A clownfish

A catfish

A devilfish

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

Crushes them

Ignores them

Hides them
13 She refers to her eggs as
packages

freight

babies

spheres
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Hercules

Ajax

Paris

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

Inspires him

Devours him

Hinders him
16 When the eggs are freed,
they leave the shell intact

they die

they make their own shells

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

Bird

Wasp

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

the wasp nest

Hercules and his labor

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

Love

The sea

Family
20 The mother's love is
obsessive

intense

nurturing

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

the eggs

the commuters

the authorities
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Indifferent

Morose

Dedicated

Reserved
23 The shell is depicted as
capacious

fragile

heavy

ragged
24 The following are themes of the poem except
religion

endurance

the sea

maternal love
25 The eggs
resist against their mother's love

do not break the shell

are watched intensively

never hatch

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