GCSE revision quiz with answers - poems about war

A series of quiz questions on the war-themed poems from AQA's power and conflict anthology cluster. Could be used as a starter to consolidate or recap on learning or as a stand-alone revision task. Suggested answers are provided.

Questions focus on the following war/conflict poems:

'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen

'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Tennyson 

'Bayonet Charge' by Ted Hughes

'Kamikaze' by Beatrice Garland 

Sample content

• Can you recall the first line, or key words from the first line, of ‘Exposure’?

• What is the significance of the refrain ‘But nothing happens’?

• What key question does Owen ask in the second stanza?

• Why do you think each stanza follows the same regular structure?