The speaker in "Coming" is hopeful about the coming of this.
What is spring?
100
This is George's favorite pastime.
What is completing crossword puzzles?
100
"What are days for?"
What is "Days"?
100
This word means goofing off or joking around. (The word was used in both "The Truth about George" and "Not Waving but Drowning.")
What is larking?
200
the author of "The Truth about George"
Who is P.G. Wodehouse?
200
The speaker in "Coming" compares the anticipation of spring to this. (Hint: It is an unusual comparison.)
What is adult reconciliation?
200
George has built a vastly intelligent vocabulary, but he is unable to put it to use out loud because of a speech impediment. This is an example of this literary device.
What is irony?
200
"I was much too far out all my life."
What is "Not Waving but Drowning"?
200
This is what the spectators from "Not Waving but Drowning" think the man died of.
What is hypothermia/too cold/heart gave out?
300
the author of "Not Waving but Drowning"
Who is Stevie Smith?
300
In "Some Men Create," the speaker explains how a person created beauty "by default," resulting in beautiful ivy spreading. "By default" is best defined as this.
What is without doing anything?
300
George's desire to woo and marry this young woman inspired him to seek a cure for his stammer.
Who is Susan Blake?
300
"Will you be my wife, married woman, matron, spouse, helpmeet...?"
What is "The Truth about George"?
300
The following quote is from this piece of literature: "They come, they wake us time and time over. They are to be happy in."
What is "Days"?
400
the author of "Coming"
Who is Philip Larkin?
400
This is the essential question in "Days."
What is "Where can we live but days?"?
400
George is terrified of the second man he meets because of his unusual belief in this.
What is human sacrifice?
400
"On longer evenings, light, chill and yellow, bathes the serene foreheads of houses."
What is "Coming"?
400
In "Coming," the speaker can tell that spring is coming because of this.
What is longer nights and/or birds singing?
500
the author of "Some Men Create"
Who is Molly Holden?
500
In "Some Men Create," the speaker explains that sometimes beauty is created by default. This statement is an example of this.
What is a paradox?
500
This finally cures George of his stammer.
What is experiencing Susan's genuine concern for his well-being?
500
"...never gravel out the timber pile nor lop the dead oak so that the seeding traveler's joy smothers them like smoke."
What is "Some Men Create"?
500
This explains the irony about the first man George meets on the train after speaking with his specialist.
What is the fact that George cannot speak to this man (after building up his courage to do so) because the large, fierce-looking man ALSO has a stammer. Talking to him would make it appear as though he was mocking him and would likely result in a punch to the face.