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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Windhover," lines 1-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?
(a) Onomatopoeia and metaphor.
(b) Internal rhyme and onomatopoeia.
(c) Alliteration and internal rhyme.
(d) Metaphor and alliteration.

2. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "A" lines?
(a) Slant.
(b) Feminine.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Eye.

3. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "B" lines"?
(a) Slant.
(b) Masculine.
(c) Eye.
(d) Feminine.

4. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?
(a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(b) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(c) Christina Rossetti.
(d) Gerard Manley Hopkins.

5. What is "sillion" (line 12)?
(a) A type of soil.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) The sparkling of a diamond.
(d) An uncountable amount.

Short Answer Questions

1. What device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?

2. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?

3. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?

4. To whom is the poem dedicated?

5. What does line 10 say "Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume" do "here" (line 9)?

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