1 In what years does the speaker believe people "lost track?" The 80s and 90s The 2000s During her youth The 1970s 2 What does the meaning of "you" have to do with the meaning of "we?" They are the same It is part of it: within a group, we must recognize others It is unrelated It is the opposite: in a group, everyone is the same 3 What is "silly, ironic, terrible?" The USA The dark birds of history The idea of community A focus on the self alone 4 What is the relationship between the adjectives "silly" and "terrible?" They are seemingly in tension They both refer to the idea of community They mean more or less the same thing The speaker doesn't believe that either applies to her 5 Why is it problematic if you can "only bear witness" to your own life? You have to write everything down to be sure No one else can bear witness to it for you You get too anxious about your own problems You ignore others 6 What is the effect of enjambment between the following lines: "we found ourselves/reduced to I" The second undercuts the first, showing the separation of individuals from community It shows the speaker's confusion It shows the speaker's anger It maintains iambic trimeter 7 Which of the following is NOT be a likely meaning of "the dark birds of history?" class/income inequality the extinction of bald eagles structural misogyny structural racism 8 In the context of the poem, what is "personal weather?" How one feels about one's community The way one's life is going at any giving point, i.e. stormy or sunny The weather in one's zip code One's health and fitness 9 At the end of the poem, where does the speaker imagine standing? In her yard With her community At the shore In the fog of war 10 What does the image of the individual alone at the shore suggest? Isolation and fragility Anger at the dark birds of history Bearing witness to life as a whole The beauty of nature 11 Given Rich's feminism, what is she encouraging readers to do? Ignore the dark birds of history Form community and care about those around them Focus on their personal problems Read more poetry 12 Where is there a "turn" in the poem? Between lines one and two In the last couplet Between lines seven and eight Between stanzas one and two