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?

Writers

Poets

Mercenaries

Authorities
3 Commuters are described as

comfortable

authoritative

dull

friendly
4 The shell is

broken

heavy

thin

opulent
5 The souvenir of hope is

raw

comfortable

perishable

authoritative
6 The outside is

dull white

glossy white

gray

pink
7 The inner surface is

glossy

matte

ragged

dull
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?

Night

Day

Never

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

Speak

Eat

Sleep

Move
10 How many arms does she have?

10

2

8

4
11 What fish is she compared to?

A catfish

A piranha

A devilfish

A clownfish
12 What does she do for the eggs?

Crushes them

Ignores them

Separates them

Hides them
13 She refers to her eggs as

freight

packages

spheres

babies
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?

Ajax

Achilles

Hercules

Paris
15 What does the crab do to Hercules?

Hinders him

Kills him

Inspires him

Devours 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

Bird

Bee
18 The chiton-folds are compared to

Hercules and his labor

the wasp nest

the glossy sea

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

Family

The sea

Love

Mother
20 The mother's love is

intense

nurturing

obsessive

all of these
21 The nautilus makes her shell for

the commuters

the authorities

the crab

the eggs
22 What best describes the nautilus?

Reserved

Dedicated

Morose

Indifferent
23 The shell is depicted as

fragile

heavy

ragged

capacious
24 The following are themes of the poem except

the sea

maternal love

religion

endurance
25 The eggs

resist against their mother's love

do not break the shell

are watched intensively

never hatch

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