1 In what years does the speaker believe people "lost track?" The 1970s The 80s and 90s The 2000s During her youth 2 What does the meaning of "you" have to do with the meaning of "we?" It is the opposite: in a group, everyone is the same It is unrelated They are the same It is part of it: within a group, we must recognize others 3 What is "silly, ironic, terrible?" The dark birds of history A focus on the self alone The USA The idea of community 4 What is the relationship between the adjectives "silly" and "terrible?" They are seemingly in tension They mean more or less the same thing They both refer to the idea of community 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? No one else can bear witness to it for you You ignore others You get too anxious about your own problems You have to write everything down to be sure 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 structural misogyny structural racism the extinction of bald eagles 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 the fog of war At the shore With her community In her yard 10 What does the image of the individual alone at the shore suggest? Bearing witness to life as a whole Anger at the dark birds of history Isolation and fragility The beauty of nature 11 Given Rich's feminism, what is she encouraging readers to do? Ignore the dark birds of history Read more poetry Focus on their personal problems Form community and care about those around them 12 Where is there a "turn" in the poem? Between stanzas one and two Between lines one and two In the last couplet Between lines seven and eight
