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?
Mercenaries

Authorities

Writers

Poets
3 Commuters are described as
comfortable

friendly

dull

authoritative
4 The shell is
broken

heavy

opulent

thin
5 The souvenir of hope is
comfortable

perishable

authoritative

raw
6 The outside is
gray

glossy white

pink

dull white
7 The inner surface is
glossy

dull

ragged

matte
8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs?
Day and night

Night

Day

Never
9 What does she not do until the eggs hatch?
Move

Eat

Sleep

Speak
10 How many arms does she have?
8

4

2

10
11 What fish is she compared to?
A devilfish

A clownfish

A piranha

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

Separates them

Ignores them

Hides them
13 She refers to her eggs as
babies

packages

spheres

freight
14 What Greek hero does the poet mention?
Ajax

Hercules

Paris

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

Inspires him

Devours him

Hinders him
16 When the eggs are freed,
they break the shell

they die

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 glossy sea

the wasp nest

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
obsessive

intense

nurturing

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

the crab

the authorities

the commuters
22 What best describes the nautilus?
Morose

Reserved

Dedicated

Indifferent
23 The shell is depicted as
ragged

capacious

fragile

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

maternal love

endurance

religion
25 The eggs
do not break the shell

are watched intensively

resist against their mother's love

never hatch

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