The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by

poets

nautili

mercenaries

devils
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?

Authorities

Poets

Writers

Mercenaries
3 Commuters are described as

friendly

comfortable

dull

authoritative
4 The shell is

broken

opulent

heavy

thin
5 The souvenir of hope is

comfortable

raw

perishable

authoritative
6 The outside is

gray

dull white

pink

glossy white
7 The inner surface is

ragged

glossy

dull

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?

Sleep

Move

Speak

Eat
10 How many arms does she have?

4

8

2

10
11 What fish is she compared to?

A catfish

A piranha

A clownfish

A devilfish
12 What does she do for the eggs?

Separates them

Hides them

Crushes them

Ignores them
13 She refers to her eggs as

babies

packages

freight

spheres
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?

Paris

Achilles

Ajax

Hercules
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 break the shell

they leave the shell intact

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

Rat

Bee

Bird

Wasp
18 The chiton-folds are compared to

the wasp nest

the Parthenon horse

the glossy sea

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

Family

Mother

The sea

Love
20 The mother's love is

intense

obsessive

nurturing

all of these
21 The nautilus makes her shell for

the eggs

the authorities

the commuters

the crab
22 What best describes the nautilus?

Indifferent

Morose

Reserved

Dedicated
23 The shell is depicted as

ragged

capacious

heavy

fragile
24 The following are themes of the poem except

the sea

endurance

maternal love

religion
25 The eggs

do not break the shell

are watched intensively

never hatch

resist against their mother's love

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