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?
Poets

Mercenaries

Writers

Authorities
3 Commuters are described as
dull

authoritative

comfortable

friendly
4 The shell is
thin

opulent

broken

heavy
5 The souvenir of hope is
authoritative

comfortable

raw

perishable
6 The outside is
dull white

gray

glossy white

pink
7 The inner surface is
ragged

matte

glossy

dull
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?
Never

Night

Day

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

Speak

Move

Eat
10 How many arms does she have?
8

2

10

4
11 What fish is she compared to?
A piranha

A clownfish

A devilfish

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

spheres

babies
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Paris

Achilles

Hercules

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

Inspires him

Hinders him

Kills him
16 When the eggs are freed,
they leave the shell intact

they die

they make their own shells

they break the shell
17 What creature's nest does the poet mention?
Bee

Wasp

Bird

Rat
18 The chiton-folds are compared to
Hercules and his labor

the Parthenon horse

the wasp nest

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

Mother

Love

Family
20 The mother's love is
nurturing

intense

obsessive

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

the authorities

the commuters

the eggs
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Dedicated

Reserved

Indifferent

Morose
23 The shell is depicted as
heavy

fragile

capacious

ragged
24 The following are themes of the poem except
endurance

maternal love

religion

the sea
25 The eggs
are watched intensively

resist against their mother's love

never hatch

do not break the shell

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