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

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

3. What is the common name of the titular bird?
(a) Osprey.
(b) Kestrel.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Kite.

4. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?
(a) Between lines 11 and 12.
(b) Between lines 8 and 9.
(c) Between lines 4 and 5.
(d) Between lines 12 and 13.

5. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?
(a) "Level."
(b) "Him."
(c) "Rolling."
(d) "Air."

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "A" lines?

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

3. What is "sillion" (line 12)?

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

5. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?

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