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?

Mercenaries

Authorities

Writers

Poets
3 Commuters are described as

comfortable

dull

friendly

authoritative
4 The shell is

opulent

broken

heavy

thin
5 The souvenir of hope is

comfortable

authoritative

perishable

raw
6 The outside is

dull white

glossy white

gray

pink
7 The inner surface is

ragged

glossy

dull

matte
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?

Night

Day

Never

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

Move

Sleep

Speak

Eat
10 How many arms does she have?

8

4

10

2
11 What fish is she compared to?

A devilfish

A clownfish

A catfish

A piranha
12 What does she do for the eggs?

Separates them

Crushes them

Hides them

Ignores them
13 She refers to her eggs as

spheres

packages

freight

babies
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?

Hercules

Ajax

Achilles

Paris
15 What does the crab do to Hercules?

Devours him

Hinders him

Kills him

Inspires him
16 When the eggs are freed,

they make their own shells

they die

they leave the shell intact

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

Bird

Rat

Wasp

Bee
18 The chiton-folds are compared to

Hercules and his labor

the glossy sea

the wasp nest

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

Family

Mother

Love

The sea
20 The mother's love is

intense

obsessive

nurturing

all of these
21 The nautilus makes her shell for

the crab

the commuters

the authorities

the eggs
22 What best describes the nautilus?

Morose

Dedicated

Reserved

Indifferent
23 The shell is depicted as

ragged

capacious

heavy

fragile
24 The following are themes of the poem except

religion

maternal love

endurance

the sea
25 The eggs

never hatch

do not break the shell

resist against their mother's love

are watched intensively

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