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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. To whom is the poem dedicated?
(a) The poet's spouse.
(b) A Victorian minister.
(c) Christ.
(d) Matthew Arnold.

2. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?
(a) A ball being thrown.
(b) An arrow.
(c) An ice skater.
(d) A swing.

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

4. Who is being referred to in line 10's "thee"?
(a) The windhover.
(b) The speaker.
(c) The air.
(d) Christ.

5. What does line 10 say "Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume" do "here" (line 9)?
(a) Soar.
(b) Buckle.
(c) Stir.
(d) Break.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?

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

4. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?

5. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?

(see the answer key)

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