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