1. One of the early examples of this genre is Richard Lovelace's 1649 poem "To Lucasta, Going to the Wars." Lovelace knew of the heartbreak of going off to fight because he himself had fought in which recent war(s)? English Civil War 30 Years War Wars of the Roses 100 Years War

2. On September 14, 1830, the Boston Daily Advertiser reported that the U.S.S. Constitution was to be scrapped. Two days later, a 21-year-old law student published "Old Ironsides", a poem which spearheaded the movement to restore her. Who was that law student? Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Walt Whitman Henry Timrod Margaret Junkin Preston

3. One of the Tennyson's most famous poems deals with the "Charge of the Light Brigade" in the Crimean War. According to Tennyson, how many soldiers rode with the brigade that day? 600 300 200 400

4. One poet who was more famous for two poems written upon the death of Abraham Lincoln served as a nurse during the American Civil War and based his "The Wound Dresser" on his experiences there. Who was this poet? Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Walt Whitman John Greenleaf Whittier Henry Timrod

5. With the advent of World War I, the romanticism of Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade" was replaced by a much darker verse. Whose "Dulce Et Decorum Est" is a prime example of this gloom? Wilfred Owen W.H. Auden William Butler Yeats Randall Jarell

6. Another famous poem of the First World War is John McRae's 1915 "In Flanders Fields". From whose point of view is this poem told? Wounded lying within a hospital tent A soldier who fled from battle The poppies growing on an unnamed battlefield Soldiers killed at the battle of Ypres

7. Our final World War I poem comes from Ireland, where William Butler Yeats wrote about what kind of soldier forseeing his death? An Irish Airman An Irish Grenadier An Irish Infantryman An Irish Seaman

8. After 20 years of relative peace, the world broke out into war again in 1939 and, sadly, there was more cause for poetry about the death of soldiers. Who wrote a 1945 poem about "The Death of the Ball Turrett Gunner"? Gary Snyder Charles Olson Randall Jarrell John Ashbery

9. World War II had begun on September 1, 1939 with Adolf Hitler's invasion of Poland. What British-American author wrote a poem commemorating that awful day? Ted Hughes W H Auden D. H. Lawrence C. S. Lewis

10. We finish our journey in the Vietnam War, where Denise Levertov wrote a poem asking what question about the Vietnamese people? How Did They Die? What Were They Like? Why Do They Kill? When Will They Learn?