The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
mercenaries

nautili

poets

devils
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Writers

Mercenaries

Poets

Authorities
3 Commuters are described as
comfortable

authoritative

friendly

dull
4 The shell is
opulent

broken

thin

heavy
5 The souvenir of hope is
raw

comfortable

perishable

authoritative
6 The outside is
gray

glossy white

dull white

pink
7 The inner surface is
ragged

dull

glossy

matte
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?
Day

Day and night

Never

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

Eat

Speak

Sleep
10 How many arms does she have?
2

10

8

4
11 What fish is she compared to?
A devilfish

A clownfish

A catfish

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

Hides them

Crushes them

Separates them
13 She refers to her eggs as
freight

packages

spheres

babies
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Paris

Hercules

Achilles

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

Devours him

Kills 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?
Rat

Wasp

Bee

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

the wasp nest

the Parthenon horse

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

The sea

Love

Family
20 The mother's love is
nurturing

intense

obsessive

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

the crab

the eggs

the commuters
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Morose

Indifferent

Dedicated

Reserved
23 The shell is depicted as
capacious

heavy

fragile

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

endurance

religion

maternal love
25 The eggs
never hatch

resist against their mother's love

are watched intensively

do not break the shell

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