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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. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?
(a) B and C.
(b) A and B.
(c) A and C.
(d) B and D.

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

3. What techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
(a) Consonance and assonance.
(b) Personification and consonance.
(c) Assonance and euphony.
(d) Euphony and personification.

4. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?
(a) Awe.
(b) Anticipation.
(c) Pride.
(d) Ecstasy.

5. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?
(a) A horse.
(b) A falconer.
(c) A bird.
(d) A knight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?

3. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

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

5. To whom is the poem dedicated?

(see the answer key)

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