The Paper Nautilus Quizzes

The Paper Nautilus Quiz 1

1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by
nautili

poets

mercenaries

devils
2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame?
Mercenaries

Authorities

Poets

Writers
3 Commuters are described as
dull

comfortable

friendly

authoritative
4 The shell is
heavy

broken

thin

opulent
5 The souvenir of hope is
authoritative

comfortable

perishable

raw
6 The outside is
pink

gray

glossy white

dull white
7 The inner surface is
matte

dull

glossy

ragged
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?
Never

Day and night

Night

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

Eat

Speak

Sleep
10 How many arms does she have?
10

4

8

2
11 What fish is she compared to?
A clownfish

A devilfish

A piranha

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

Hides them

Ignores them

Crushes them
13 She refers to her eggs as
freight

packages

babies

spheres
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Hercules

Paris

Ajax

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

Hinders him

Inspires him

Kills him
16 When the eggs are freed,
they die

they break the shell

they make their own shells

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

Rat

Bee

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

the glossy sea

Hercules and his labor

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

Love

Mother

Family
20 The mother's love is
nurturing

intense

obsessive

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

the commuters

the authorities

the eggs
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Indifferent

Dedicated

Reserved

Morose
23 The shell is depicted as
heavy

fragile

ragged

capacious
24 The following are themes of the poem except
the sea

maternal love

religion

endurance
25 The eggs
are watched intensively

never hatch

do not break the shell

resist against their mother's love

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