1 Authorities' hopes are shaped by nautili poets mercenaries devils 2 Who is entrapped by teatime fame? Authorities Poets Writers Mercenaries 3 Commuters are described as authoritative comfortable friendly dull 4 The shell is heavy thin opulent broken 5 The souvenir of hope is raw perishable comfortable authoritative 6 The outside is glossy white dull white gray pink 7 The inner surface is matte ragged dull glossy 8 When does the nautilus guard her eggs? Day Day and night Night Never 9 What does she not do until the eggs hatch? Move Sleep Eat Speak 10 How many arms does she have? 10 8 4 2 11 What fish is she compared to? A catfish A piranha A devilfish A clownfish 12 What does she do for the eggs? Separates them Crushes them Ignores them Hides them 13 She refers to her eggs as spheres babies freight packages 14 What Greek hero does the poet mention? Ajax Hercules Paris Achilles 15 What does the crab do to Hercules? Hinders him Inspires him Devours him Kills him 16 When the eggs are freed, they make their own shells they leave the shell intact they die they break the shell 17 What creature's nest does the poet mention? Bee Rat Wasp Bird 18 The chiton-folds are compared to Hercules and his labor the glossy sea the Parthenon horse the wasp nest 19 What is "the only fortress / strong enough to trust to"? The sea Mother Family Love 20 The mother's love is nurturing obsessive intense all of these 21 The nautilus makes her shell for the authorities the commuters the crab the eggs 22 What best describes the nautilus? Indifferent Reserved Dedicated Morose 23 The shell is depicted as ragged fragile heavy capacious 24 The following are themes of the poem except maternal love religion the sea endurance 25 The eggs do not break the shell are watched intensively never hatch resist against their mother's love
