Bonus

The end of this poem’s title line internally rhymes with the words “relent,” “repent,” and “indifferent” in three later lines about God. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poem that asks, “Was man made stupid to see his own stupidity?” This Richard Eberhart poem recalls those “gone to early death, who late in school / Distinguished the belt feed lever from the belt holding pawl.”
ANSWER: “The Fury of Aerial Bombardment”
[10e] Another World War II veteran, James Dickey, described his horrifying experiences bombing this country in the poem “The Firebombing.” A John Hersey book follows six survivors of a bombing in this country.
ANSWER: Japan [or Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku] (The John Hersey book is Hiroshima.)
[10m] The speaker of this other poem about a World War II bomber declares, “From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State” and describes waking, “Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life.”
ANSWER: “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” (by Randall Jarrell)
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chicago AMinnesota010010E
Columbia AMichigan010010E
Cornell BFlorida010010E
HarvardCornell A0101020EM
Illinois BIndiana0101020EM
MITYale0101020EM
MarylandOttawa010010E
NYUVirginia0101020EM
North Carolina AVanderbilt010010E
Ohio StateStanford010010E
Penn StateRIT010010E
RutgersChicago B010010E
TexasColumbia B0101020EM
Toronto ANorth Carolina B0101020EM
Toronto CIllinois A010010E
UC Berkeley AArizona State0101020EM
UC Berkeley BGeorgia State010010E
Virginia TechUCF010010E
WUSTL AIowa State0101020EM
WUSTL BToronto B010010E
Waterloo ALSE0101020EM
Winona StateBritish Columbia0101020EM

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2214.55100%46%0%