2. In "Cordage, or Atonement," what are we not?
(a) Angel and demon.
(b) Finders and keepers.
(c) Prophet and profit.
(d) Losers and weepers.

3. In "What We Did in the Time Being," what is one think people do?
(a) Exercise.
(b) Go out a lot.
(c) Throw parties.
(d) Vote.

4. In "Alarum," what does the poet say we are writing as?
(a) A soothsayer.
(b) A friend.
(c) An augur.
(d) The daughter of a dying world.

5. In "At First," how do we find the rhetoric of reunion?
(a) By letting love reclaim our tongues.
(b) By using a dictionary.
(c) By studying great speeches.
(d) By reading a lot.

6. In "Good Grief," what were we once barbed and brutal as?
(a) Books.
(b) Friends.
(c) Hind quarters.
(d) Blades.

7. In "Cordage, or Atonement," what animal are we?
(a) The bird.
(b) The dog.
(c) The whale.
(d) The badger.

8. In "At First," what did we become paid professionals of?
(a) Eating.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Pain.

9. In "The Shallows," how does Gorman describe us?
(a) Touch-deficient and light-starved.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Suspicious.

10. In "Captive," what floods the streets?
(a) Water.
(b) Friends.
(c) Trees.
(d) Animals.

11. In "Lucent," what is the most beautiful star?
(a) Nothing but a monster.
(b) A friend.
(c) A lover.
(d) A mirage.

12. In "Another Nautical," what do we forget, like the water?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Men.
(c) Friends.
(d) Workers.

13. In "Earth Eyes," what does the poet ask generations of the past order to be?
(a) Recruits, not rescues.
(b) Lovers, not friends.
(c) Moons.
(d) Stars.

14. In "There's No Power Like Home," what were we sick of?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Home.
(d) Vegetables.

15. In "School's Out," what is not needed for graduation day?
(a) A fairy.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) A gown.
(d) A shoe.