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?
Authorities

Mercenaries

Poets

Writers
3 Commuters are described as
comfortable

friendly

dull

authoritative
4 The shell is
thin

heavy

opulent

broken
5 The souvenir of hope is
authoritative

perishable

comfortable

raw
6 The outside is
pink

glossy white

dull white

gray
7 The inner surface is
dull

matte

ragged

glossy
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?
Night

Day

Day and night

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

Move

Speak

Sleep
10 How many arms does she have?
8

10

2

4
11 What fish is she compared to?
A catfish

A devilfish

A piranha

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

Ignores them

Hides them

Crushes them
13 She refers to her eggs as
freight

spheres

babies

packages
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Achilles

Hercules

Paris

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

Inspires him

Hinders him

Kills him
16 When the eggs are freed,
they break the shell

they make their own shells

they die

they leave the shell intact
17 What creature's nest does the poet mention?
Rat

Bird

Bee

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

the Parthenon horse

Hercules and his labor

the glossy sea
19 What is "the only fortress / strong enough to trust to"?
Mother

The sea

Love

Family
20 The mother's love is
intense

obsessive

nurturing

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

the eggs

the commuters

the crab
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Morose

Dedicated

Indifferent

Reserved
23 The shell is depicted as
heavy

capacious

fragile

ragged
24 The following are themes of the poem except
maternal love

religion

endurance

the sea
25 The eggs
do not break the shell

are watched intensively

resist against their mother's love

never hatch

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