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