I really hate some things about the Rspec/Cucumber suite, but providing a way to output what the tests are testing as they run is a major advantage. I like being able to run my test suite and see "it does what it's supposed to do in this case" output.

At a glance, the Pyret default appears to be that tests run silently. How do I know the right tests were run?

Corner cases? Tests test the behaviour of the function. Functions, depending on their complexity, have a range of behaviour. And yes, you should (usually) be able to come up with a name for it. As a bonus, you'll get immediately an idea of what broke upon test failure.