The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by

devils

poets

mercenaries

nautili
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?

Authorities

Poets

Mercenaries

Writers
3 Commuters are described as

comfortable

authoritative

friendly

dull
4 The shell is

heavy

opulent

broken

thin
5 The souvenir of hope is

comfortable

authoritative

raw

perishable
6 The outside is

gray

glossy white

pink

dull white
7 The inner surface is

glossy

ragged

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?

Eat

Move

Sleep

Speak
10 How many arms does she have?

10

8

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?

Hides them

Ignores them

Crushes them

Separates them
13 She refers to her eggs as

babies

freight

packages

spheres
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?

Hercules

Paris

Ajax

Achilles
15 What does the crab do to Hercules?

Hinders him

Inspires him

Devours him

Kills 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?

Rat

Wasp

Bee

Bird
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 commuters

the eggs

the crab
22 What best describes the nautilus?

Morose

Indifferent

Reserved

Dedicated
23 The shell is depicted as

fragile

capacious

ragged

heavy
24 The following are themes of the poem except

endurance

maternal love

religion

the sea
25 The eggs

are watched intensively

never hatch

do not break the shell

resist against their mother's love

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